How can I create a story book? My title will be Cat on the go.This if for a student in 11 grade English class and he has to create a 10 page...

A very good way to draft a children's book is to place it
all on Google Docs first. Google Docs is an online way of storing, working on and then
sharing your work, whether that is a book draft, a document or a web page. You can type
in and save your text, upload illustrations and images, store online web page resources
and even share these for marking purposes with your assignment teachers. Of course, at
the end of it all, you can print off the pages to form them up into a book. All the
usual tools are there such as word count, spell checker, margins, insert tables and all
the other usual word processor tools. You can choose privacy too, if you prefer, as you
dont have to share the files or pages until you have proofed your
assignment.

In The Apology, Socrates states that philosophy calls on us to care for the soul. What does he mean by that?Why is care of the soul "philosophical"

The Athenians were a blind-following people, Socrates was
one of the world's greatest thinkers. He offered questions, challenged people's
thoughts, and treated life with the great question of a 4 year-old:
WHY?

Socrates idea that philosophy calls on us to care for
the soul is an important one for us to even consider today. Philosophy is the
investigation of truth or principles. If the soul is merely pleased by entertainments it
is a shallow soul. If the soul is not exercised because a man's work is rote or merely
brain work, it remains a shallow soul. If the soul is given opportunity to know, to
explore the truth of a principle, to understand then there is room for growth, and
growth is good.

The soul is that which finds something to
believe in. If we don't cultivate that, we lose our
humanity.

I spent my last summer in Haiti. It is dirty,
disgusting, gross, and I didn't like my enviornment. But, I got to teach English to
school children and just love on them. This fed my soul. It didn't feed my physical need
of comfort. It didn't feed or stimulate my brain for my own learning of new information.
I wouldn't have gone to feed my soul had I not believed I could be of service and help
to those kids.

Hope this helps. That is a great piece to
read and registering the difference between mind, body and soul is always
difficult.

In Chapter 19 of "To Kill a Mockingbird," why does Lee have Link Deas interrupt the trial?This was Chapter 19.

There are several reasons why Lee might do this. The most basic is, it shows how high passions are running. There's no reason to interrupt a trial unless you're overcome with emotion. It adds excitement. Next, it shows that Atticus is not alone, and that others know Tom is a good man and unlikely to do what he's accused of. Finally, with the judge's reaction, it shows the effort the community is will go to trying to keep order.

Should Darcy have interfered with Bingley's love for Jane?

Definitely from a modern-day point of view, we would say Darcy should have minded his own business.  But let's look at it from Darcy's point of view - that of a 19th-century upper-class gentleman.  He knew what society was like at that time - he knew that if Bingley had aligned himself with a lower-middle-class family (particularly one with an obnoxious, shrewish mother and very flirtatious younger sisters), his future in society could have been damaged.  Darcy truly cared about Bingley and his future, and he didn't know Jane from Eve.  It seems cold and unfair to us, as we have the point of view of knowing what a good woman Jane was, and that she truly had fallen in love with Bingley, would have tried (and probably succeeded) to be a good wife to him, etc.

But again, Darcy didn't know any of that.  All he knew was that his friend was potentially making a very damaging mistake, and that society at the time was unforgiving concerning these types of situations.  Darcy did not want Bingley to suffer.

Is irony important to "A Pair of Silk Stockings"?

In the exposition of "A Pair of Silk Stockings" by Kate
Chopin, the main character, Mrs. Sommers, who has come into the sum of fifteen dollars,
ponders for days about whether to invest it or to spend it:  "She did not wish to act
hastily, to do anything she might afterward regret."  During the night, she reaches her
decision:  she will buy things for the children, and she is excited about the idea of
"her brood" looking fresh and dainty and new gives her
hapiness.

The irony, of course, is that Mrs. Sommers does
not, in fact, act prudently at when she goes shopping.  For, after she touches the silk
stockings, the repressed desire to pamper herself a little surfaces.  She purchases the
stockings, changes into them in the ladies' waiting-room, and delights in the feel of
the silk against her skin:  "She was not thinking at all."  Mrs. Sommers succumbs to her
desire to pamper herself and spends the money upon herself in contrast to her
characterization in the exposition of Chopin's story.

In the book and then there were none how do the guests react to the accusations?

They were all shocked.  Their immediate reactions
were:

Mr. Rogers dropped the
coffee tray.  His face turned white and his hands were
shaking.

Mrs. Rogers fainted. 
When she awoke, she turned a little green when they reminded her of what had happened.
They gave her some brandy and her color returned, but she had to be given a sedative by
the doctor later that evening.

Mr. and Mrs. Rogers later
say that the lady died because she had a heart condition.  They tried to help her but it
was too late.  They benefited from her will.  She left them a legacy in recognition of
their faithful service.

General MacArthur's
hands started to shake.  His shoulders sagged and he looked ten years
older.

The General says that the crime he is accused of was
a natural act of wartime. He sent the man on a reconnaissance mission, and he was
killed.

Mr. Blore took out his
handkerchief and started mopping his face.

Mr. Blore said
that the man he is accused of killing was involved in a bank robbery.  It was his
testimony that convicted him.  The man, who was in a delicate state, died a year later
in jail.  Mr. Blore was complimented and promoted for the
case.

Justice Wargrave sat as
he always did, but he scratched his ear and his eyes were darting all over the place,
alert with intelligence.

Justice Wargrave said that he was
just doing his duty.  He passed sentence on a rightly convicted murderer.  The man was
duly executed.

Miss Brent did
not really react.  She sat as she always did.  There was only a spot of color on her
cheeks.

Miss Brent says nothing.  She refuses to talk about
it.

Vera Claythorne became
hysterical.  When they found the gramophone she couldn't stand to hear
it.

Vera says she was the governess for Cyril Hamilton.  He
was not allowed to swim out very far.  One day he did.  She swam after him, but she got
there too late.

Mr. Lombard
went in search of who was responsible for the announcement  and found the
gramophone.

Mr. Lombard states that his crime was a matter
of self-preservation. They were lost in the bush.  He and a couple of other fellows took
the food and deserted the others, left them to starve.  He felt that natives don't mind
dying.  

Dr. Armstrong went to
help Mrs. Rogers and then declared it to be a practical joke when they found the
gramophone.

Dr. Armstrong says he doesn't remember the
patient, but the author puts his thoughts in italics.  He remembers the patient and the
fact that he was drunk when he operated on
him.

Mr. Marston went in
search of some liquor and got everyone a drink.

Mr. Marston
said that the couple he ran over were a couple of kids who ran out in front of his
speeding car. It was a pure accident.  He paid for it by having his license suspended
for a year.

In the story "A Sound of Thunder," what small cause leads to what enormous effect? W

In this story, the main character, Eckles, and some other
men go way back into the past to go hunting for a Tyrannosarus Rex.  They have to be
extremely careful so as not to do anything that will change history.  For example, they
can only walk on a given path and they have to only kill a dinosaur that they know is
going to die in a moment anyway.

But Eckles panics and runs
off the path.  He apparently steps on a butterfly when he does this.  This causes enough
changes in history that, when they get back, the US has been taken over by a fascist
government.

So small cause = dead butterful; big change =
America becoming fascist.

What values are expressed in Gilgamesh and Hamlet. Also, how did the values change over time?

In Gilgamesh and Hamlet both, strength and power are both valued in the beginning.  Gilgamesh and Ekindu have the strength to defeat their enemies and establish their reputations.  Gilgamesh seeks the power of immortal life, to continue to achieve beyond the mortal failings of his friend.  Hamlet seeks the strength to avenge his father's death, and Claudius seeks the power of the throne.

However, all of these characters realize, over time, that the beauty of a life lies in the living of it.  Gilgamesh accepts that he lived fully, completed his journey, and that his "immortality" must come in the telling of his tale.  He accepts that neither strength nor power are ever-lasting.  Hamlet sits in the graveyard, in Act V, and examines the skull, recognizing finally that life is meant to come full circle, and that he should have been living it, rather than struggling for strength.  Upon Gertrude's death, Claudius accepts that his relentless search for power has caused the death of his love.  He search was meaningless, as was Hamlet's.  In both stories, the value of life for life's sake is finally emphasized in the end.

William Faulkner liked to write about odd, strong-willed "survivors." In what ways is Miss Emily a "survivor"?

To add to the excellent responses above with specific examples, you could examine how she survived her father and his scrutiny over her suitors.  She survived the disgrace of her betrothed abandoning her (and through her strong-will got revenge).  Another example is how she absolutely refused to pay her property taxes.  The former mayor once, because of an obligation to her father, made her exempt from property taxes.  However, once that mayor is gone, the preceding ones try to get her to pay the taxes, once even venturing to her house and sitting down with her, but through her strong-will and utter refusal, they eventually cave and allow the old tradition to exist.  That incident reveals a lot about Emily's character.

In the poem "Annabel Lee," to whom might the speaker have been referring when he speaks of "highborn kinsmen"?

The "highborn kinsmen" are Annabel Lee's relatives. We are not told why they disapprove of the speaker's relationship with Annabel Lee, but we can infer that he is from a lower socioeconomic class. After Annabel Lee's death, her relatives take possession of her remains and won't even allow the speaker to attend her funeral.

Some scholars believe this poem is about Poe's love for and marriage to his cousin Virginia Clemm. Their families objected to their relationship not only because they were cousins but also because of the difference in their ages: he was 27 and she was 13!

See the eNote discussion of themes in the poem.

Discuss Keat's and Tennyson's use of imagery in their poetry.I am interested in Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott" and Keats' "To Autumn" and...

There is some difference between the style of Tennyson and
Keats in their use of imagery. First, though, the literary definition of imagery is
sometimes vague and confusing.There follows a
definition.

According to href="http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_i.html">Dr. Kip Wheeler imagery
encompasses (1) "metal pictures" inspired by the written text; (2) sensory perception,
whether written in figurative language or literal language, and whether abstract or
concrete and whether visual (sight), tactile (touch), auditory (sound), olfactory
(smell), gustatory (taste), kinesthetic (motion), or thermal (heat and cold); (3)
literary techniques of metaphor, simile, allusion. Much is encompasses by the one term
"imagery," and if this is unrealized, it can be very confusing when asked to identify
"imagery."

Some similarities between Tennyson's and Keats'
use of imagery in poems like Tennyson's "The Lady of Shalott" and Keats' "Isabella: or,
the Pot of Basil" and "To Autumn" are that they both use realistic and concrete as well
as metaphoric and abstract imagery. In describing nature in "Shalott" and "Autumn,"
Tennyson and Keats both use realistic imagery (Tennyson: "on either side the river lie";
Keats: "With fruit the vines that round the thatch-eves run") and metaphoric imagery
(Tennyson: "clothe the world and meet the sky"; Keats: "Close bosom-friend of the
maturing sun").

While Tennyson's poetry may be more
consistently evocative of emotion than Keats', which can also be contemplative as in "To
Autumn," both poets use imagery to create emotionally involving poems as is true for
"Shalott" and "Isabella." One way Tennyson evokes emotion is by combining visual imagery
with sensory imagery related to character reaction. For instance, in "Shalott" the
Lady's verbal reaction carries sensory imagery evocative of emotion ("I am half sick of
shadows..."):

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"Or when the moon was overhead,    

Came two young lovers lately wed;      70
'I am half sick of
shadows,' said    
The Lady of Shalott."

In
"Isabella," Keats relies more on allusion and sensory imagery descriptive of character
reaction. For instance, in "Isabella" we are told sensory details of Isabella's reaction
("She withers, like a palm") and the allusions and metaphors surrounding her reaction
reveals it in symbolic diction ("Sound mournfully upon the
winds:"):

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"O Echo, Echo, from some sombre isle,  
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Unknown, Lethean, sigh to us—O sigh!    
Spirits in
grief, lift up your heads, and smile;    
Lift up your heads, sweet Spirits,
heavily,    
And make a pale light in your cypress
glooms,
[...]
Sound mournfully upon the winds and low;      445

For simple Isabel is soon to be    
Among the dead: She withers,
like a palm..."

One other
point is that there is a subtle difference in their diction levels. Tennyson's diction
tends to be of a higher, more formal, level (Tennyson: "The gemmy bridle glitter'd free,
/ Like to some branch of stars we see") while Keats' diction, though not low nor
informal, can be less formal and more casual ("And touch the stubble-plains with rosy
hue").

Hemmingway's "Old Man and the Sea is about man's struggle and ambition." Analyse this assertion.

I would say that The Old Man in the
Sea is much more about struggle or the struggle WITH ambition than it is
about ambition only.  By saying, "Santiago struggles with ambition" makes him sound
arrogant, which he is not.

Divide your paper into two
parts: struggle and ambition.  Look for ideas first.  Then find quotes and facts as
support.  Then, synthesize all the ideas, quotes, and facts into topic and clincher
sentences.  Voila!  That's the outline of your
paper.

Santiago struggles throughout the book.  He
struggles with his age, his bad luck as a fisherman, his peers who taunt him, his role
as a teacher of Manolin, his relationship with his daughter.  And that's all on the
island.

At sea, Santiago struggles with nature: the marlin,
the sharks, the ocean, and the weather.  But, he loves nature: the sea is his mother,
and the fish is his brother.  Santiago hates sharks: they are the only evil in the
book.

Mostly, he struggles with himself: his old hands, his
arms, his strength, his dreams, his courage.

Santiago is
not prideful: he has no false ambitions.  His ambitions are realistic and humble.  He
wants to go far out and catch a big fish.  He wants to end his bad luck streak.  He
wants to end his suffering.  He wants an honorable death for the fish.  Like a
Christ-figure, he knows he is destined to suffer, and he suffers humbly, without
regret.

Santiago's struggles and ambitions are mirrored by
Hemingway the writer.  Hemingway is like Santiago, in that he is struggling to write the
book itself (the marlin).  He is struggling against literary critics who try to tear his
book apart (like sharks).  Overall, Hemingway is trying to show the sufferings of an
artist through the allegory of a fisherman.

What do you suppose was Fitzgerald's goal in writing "Babylon Revisited"?

My position is that the narrator is expressing his discomfort with the American ex-patriot community living in France.  Charlie Wales, the main character (one hesitates to call him a protagonist), lives a life of thorough excess, so much so that he has a god-complex.  Charlie, irritated that his wife after a drunken quarrel, locks her out of the house, leaving her in the snow to die of exposure. 

Fitzgerald writes about the hubris of American men like Charlie, saying, his ilk were   "(t)he men who locked their wives out in the snow, because the snow of twenty-nine wasn't real snow.  If you didn't want it to be snow, you just paid money." 

Money, in this story and in many other of Fitzgerald's works, is both the utmost desire of Americans, but ironically their most assured downfall.  The ex-patriots no more escape their materialism (in fact, seem to be more likely to be consumed by it) than the capitalist culture they ostensibly shun. 

The title refers to the biblical Babylon, in which God caused the people to be completely unable to communicate.  Such is the case between "regular" Americans, and those trying to shed their identity. 

What does Ponyboy learn about himself through Soda Pop's outburst in Chapter 12?

Sodapop's outburst serves as a catharsis for Ponyboy. He seems to snap out of his depression and is able to think of Dally and Johnnie without overwhelming sadness. His brother's want him to still be the sensitive, thoughtful kid he always was.

Ponyboy realizes his experiences don't have to harden him, that he can tell his story to show that unresolved anger can lead to violence, senseless violence.

Can you explain with quotes the sort of names Lord Capulet calls Juliet in act 3, scene 5 of Romeo and Juliet?

Lord Capulet, none too pleased to learn that his daughter is refusing to marry Paris, calls Juliet a "mistress minion", a "green sickness carrion" and a "tallow face."  This is a very interesting question, because its explanation requires some knowledge of the superstitions of Renaissance thinking.

Mary Fissell, in her article "Girls in Green," explains the meaning of being threatened with "green sickness": 

This worrisome condition was caused by the cessation of menses. Contemporary medical theory reasoned that the stoppage of menstrual blood led to dire consequences, since menstrual blood was full of harmful substances that the body sought to expel. Young women with this ailment turned a delicate shade of green or white because blood left all other parts of the body and converged in the womb or liver.

Being called "tallow faced" was not nice either (of course).  Tallow is the fat of animals used to make fat or soap.  Perhaps calling name was to make her feel ugly (so why would she reject such a good match?) 

As for "mistress minion" one would need to consider the archaic definition of "minion" which was "one who pleases rather than benefits."  Lord Capulet is being very sarcastic....he's essentially calling Juliet "baggage."   

What happened in the bloody scissors incident with Boo Radley and his father?Why did he want to do this to his father? Did it succeed or was it...

It may also be useful to keep in mind that the scissors incident was speculation - it is mentioned in the novel that nobody was certain if it actually happened, like most of the other Radley stories. In fact, one neighbor, Miss Maudie I believe, voiced her opinion that it wasn't true at all. Then again, she was a firm supporter of the Radley's and their right to privacy and to not be the center of the gossip circles. Miss Maudie reminds the reader that people should not be judged unfairly - just one theme of the novel.

How does Jim react when he sees Della's gift? Why does he react in that way?

Jim reacts in complete disbelief and almost in a laughing manner. The poor guy has just come home to find his wife has cut off all her hair, and he's probably thinking something like, "I just sold my watch to get her those combs...sigh!" Then he finds out why she cut her hair - to buy him the watch chain for a watch that has been sold!

He realizes that there's no point in being upset about the turn of events, and he also realizes that he is a very lucky man to have such a loving wife.  He realizes that they are truly rich, despite their poverty.

How is Amir the true hero rather than Hassan in The Kite Runner?

The protagonist of Khaled Hosseini's novel, The
Kite Runner, Amir makes up for his earlier transgressions when he returns to
Afghanistan to rescue Hassan's son from the Taliban. Amir had acted cowardly in his
previous treatment of Hassan (refusing to help him while being raped and planting
incriminating evidence against him); however, his guilt over these transgressions
haunted him continuously as an adult. When Amir learns that Hassan is actually his
half-brother, and that Hassan's son, Sohrab (Amir's half-nephew) has been left behind in
Afghanistan, he realizes that by rescuing the boy and returning him to America he will
make amends for his earlier faults. He risks his life by just re-entering the
Taliban-held territory and barely comes out alive when he frees Sohrab. These actions
could certainly be called heroic, though I doubt that Amir would have considered them
so.

What is the theme behind the story the case for the defence by graham greene

In my opinion, there are various themes that you might
find in this story.  I will discuss what I think is the most important
theme.

I think that this story is about how far evil people
will go to accomplish their goals and how "civilized" society is helpless in the face of
such tactics.  Evil overcomes good.  You can see that in this story because the
civilized people are completely unable to do anything to the Adams twins.  They only
punish the twins by reverting to savagery themselves.

Even
after they do this, the author implies that the witnesses (who tried to act in a
civilized way) will be in mortal danger from the surviving twin.

In the Canterbury Tales, how does the knight in the Wife of Bath's tale, go about completing his task? What lesson does he learn? Describe his...

The knight is ordered by the queen to find what women really want. He travels all over asking women this question, only to find all the answers are different. He is in despair because if , at the end of a years time, he does not have the correct answer, he will die.

As he is returning to face his fate, he encounters an ugly, old woman. She promises him the correct answer in return for granting her any request. He agrees. When the knight tells the queen women want to control their husbands in all matters, the queen tells him he is correct.

The old woman tells the knight that she wants him to marry her. With much reluctance, the knight agrees but is horrified by the thought of being married to an old hag. She tells him that he has a choice, she can become beautiful and young yet untrustworthy, or stay old, ugly, and faithful. After much deliberation, the knight chooses for her to remain the way she is. He would rather have trust.

He is rewarded for this, she is young and beautiful, and trustworthy.

The knight has learned that by letting himself give over all control to his wife, whom he is very happy with, he is very content.

Why did Shylock refuse to eat with Antonio and Bassonio in Merchant of Venice?It is in act 1 scene 3.

In HOW TO READ LITERATURE LIKE A PROFESSOR, the author points out that all eating in books is communion.  Not just the kind of communion you take at church, but a sort of putting yourself at the mercy of the others in your company when eating.  It's a vulnerable time...when others can see that you may not eat neatly, or that you over or undereat, or that you order a salad instead of the steak and lobster that you really crave.  It also indicates a sort of fellowship or friendship...at least a willingness to come together and learn more about one another in a friendly setting. 

Shylock  wants none of the above with either Antonio or Bassonio.

In chapter 3 of "The Great Gatsby", how does Fitzgerald tell the story?What are the narrative techniques used and what is the relationship between...

Chapter two describes the Valley of Ashes. Everything is gray-no color and no real form. The billboard of Dr. T. J. Eckleberg is shapeless as well. He is just eyes, no nose or face to accompany them. This chapter is meant to illustrate the wasteland of industrialism.

By contrast, chapter three has numerous color images, vibrantly described, with rich hues. Cars and eye symbols still continue, but the descriptions are vivid rather than gray. There are a lot of descriptions using the color yellow, which is a sharp contrast to the bland gray of chapter two.

In "Oedipus the King" what reasons does Oedipus give to explain WHY he gouged out his eyes to the Chorus

When he comes out from the palace right after he has
blinded himself, Oedipus says:

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"Darkness, dark cloud all around me, enclosing
me, unspeakable darkness, irresistable--you came to me on a wind that seemed
favorable."

Clearly Oedipus
equates his moral darkness (his sins against mother, father, nature, and the gods) with
his literal darkness (blindness).  When the Chorus is amazed at the nerve it must have
taken to commit such an act and asks how he could have done such a thing, he answers it
was Apollo who gave him the nerve.

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"But the hand that struck my eyes was mine and
mine alone.  What use had I for eyes?  Nothing I could see would bring me joy...What was
there for me to look at, to speak to, to
love?"

So there you have
reason number one--he had nothing to see which could bring him joy, so why look at all. 
The second reason follows: 

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"What I have done was the best thing to do.... 
With what eyes could I have faced my father  in the house of the dead, or my poor
mother?...Do you think I longed to look at my poor children, born the way they were? 
No, not with  these eyes of mine, never!...After I had exposed my own guilt...do you
think I could have looked at my fellow citizens with steady
eyes?"

Reason number two,
then:  He could not bear to see the horror or whatever else would have been on the faces
of those he once loved. 

The entire concept of blindness
and seeing is so symbolic in Oedipus' guilt and shame. No one really blames him for this
deed--or tries to convince him he shouldn't have done it

How Does the character and reign of King Lear in William Shakespeare's 'King Lear' relate to Queen Elizabeth I and King James I?I am studying...

You could say that the character of King Lear relates to Elizabeth and James I because both had a reputation for preferring fawning courtiers over true advice.  With Elizabeth the courtiers were usually men seeking her favors.  With James I, many say the same is true, he preferred good looking young men who fawned over him, protesting their love.   But I really think that Lear relates more to Henry VIII, the father of Queen Elizabeth. 

 Henry also had three children, by three different women and he played them against each other to the detriment of the kingdom and was more interested in lip service than in true loyalty.  He even had his best friend, Thomas More, put to death for a treason which was only verbal.   Henry could not abide anyone disagreeing with his smallest whim.  He divorced two of his six wives and beheaded two for disloyalty.  By the time Henry died he had managed to alienate anyone who had ever truly cared about him so that his death was essentially unmourned.  While he did not abdicate his throne, the succession games he played with his three children wreaked havoc on the country. Edward's reign was dominated rival regents.   Mary Tudor (not the Mary, Queen of Scots referred to above), a bitter spinster when she came throne spent her reign killing Protestants and suffering hysterical pregnancies in her desperate and unpopular marriage to the King of Spain.  Thus Elizabeth is more like Cordelia as she is the true and responsible heir.

How does the Pardoner personify Death? What oath did the three men swear?

The Pardoner in "The Pardoner's Tale" personifies death as
an "old, old fellow."  He meets three drinkers while they are out searching for
him--death. 

The three are drinking in the tavern in the
morning, before 9 a.m., and when they hear that still another person--a friend of theirs
from the past--has fallen victim to death during the current plague, they vow to kill
death.  They meet him on the road in the form of the old man.  They are extremely rude
to him, and he sets them up for their deaths--to meet him
literally. 

They repeatedly swear their loyalty to each
other.  The Pardoner/narrator says at one point:

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They made their bargain, swore with
appetite,

These three, to live and die for one
another

As brother-born might swear to his born
brother. 

Of course, death
gets its way when the three betray each other and are killed by one another.  The
personification of death as the old man forms one part of the tale's allegory.  This is
an often-told tale that Chaucer makes his own by adding irony.  Not only do the three
kill each other after swearing loyalty, but the tale, which demonstrates that "greed is
the root of all evil," is told by the Pardoner, who uses it to separate listeners from
their money. 

What most surprises Caesar when he is attacked? What might Caesar have been thinking as he died?

"Et tu, Brute?  Then fall, Caesar."

Caesar mentioned his concerns about guys like Cassius way back in Act One.  Remember how he wished Cassius was "fatter"?  So it's likely that he wasn't too shocked to see Cassius and some of the others attack his leadership, but he never expected it from Brutus.  Brutus is a well respected leader in Rome, and, more important, a very good friend to Caesar.  When you're being attacked, you expect your friends to help you, not join the fray.

What was he thinking as he died?  Tough to say.  I'd like to think the last thing that went through his head was about how famous these eight guys will be because they've killed the mighty Caesar!  In reality, he was probably wondering what he did wrong to deserve this.  Remember that only a month ago he was returning to Rome as the hero that defeated Pompey; now he's being stabbed in front of everyone.  I'm sure he was quite confused about the inclusion of Brutus as well.  Ultimately, he was probably upset about never getting the chance to wear that crown.

How can you rephrase this sentence so that it doesn't have the word "reader" twice?Here's the sentence: The reader collectively recognizes her...

"The reader collectively recognizes her plea to steer from
self-pity mode, even though Lucy's story stirs the reader with compassion for the
author."

Yes, this sentence is wordy and a bit recursive.
 You've got reader, Lucy, and author, two of which are implicit (reader and author), so
I would focus on Lucy entirely.  I don't know the story or context and a few of the
pronouns are vague, but here goes:

1.  First, I would get
rid of "reader" and "author" and "collectively."  We all know there's an author and
readers.  That's obligatory.  Are readers all reading and recognizing her plea together?
 I don't think so.  It's unnecessary.

2.  "Her plea" needs
an object or indirect object, or both.  To steer what?  Herself?  Her emotions?  Her
thoughts?  What is being steered?

3.  Steering toward what?
 Compassion?  Empathy?  Sympathy?

4.  Who's plea is it?
 Her own?

5.  To whom is she plea-ing?  The reader, the
author, another character.

6.  I don't like the last part
of the sentence.  It seems extra or redundant.  I would omit
it.

Now, we're left with something like
this:

"Lucy's plea to [John in chapter 3?] helps steer her
emotions from self-pity to compassion."

Much simpler and
focused.

Good luck....

What tragic hero attributes do both Oedipus and Troy Maxson of "Fences" share?

I would say that one of the primary heroic attributes in
both protagonists is their relationship to their families.  On some level, they both
support and yet fail their families.  Troy is a provider and does believe in the basic
outline of financially supporting his family and acting as its head in title, but there
is an emotionally supportive role that is missing. Oedipus certainly supports his
family, but unknowingly betrays it in marrying his mother and killing his father.  At
the same time, I would say that another similarity between both figures is the sense of
unease that seems to permeate the relationship between themselves and their worlds.  It
seems as if their interactions with the world and themselves are out of synchronicity
and are disjointed.  For Troy, this barrier might be caused by sociological reality and
his own background, while for Oedipus, this is a state of affairs as to why Thebes
suffers from a plague and his role in this suffering.

In the famous “to be” speech why does Hamlet decide not to kill himself? Why is it written in poetry?ACT 3 SC 1

All of Hamlet's soliloquies are written in poetry because these speeches reveal his true thoughts. He puts on an "antic disposition" for others to see and speaks in prose when he plays his role, but in the soliloquies he expresses his real feelings and thoughts. Immediately after this soliloquy, Hamlet speaks in prose to Ophelia; this type of speech, which Elizabethan audiences could easily recognize, was a clue that Hamlet was pretending to be mad. 

In the "To be, or not to be" soliloquy, Hamlet's decision not to kill himself comes because of one main fact: no one knows what comes after death. He notes that death can be like sleeping ("To die, to sleep/To sleep, perchance to dream...."), but the dreams may be nightmares. What would an eternity of nightmares be? Even more importantly, he decides that he is willing to endure the life he has ("grunt and sweat under a weary life") because of the fear of what comes after death, "the undiscovered country from whose bourn/No traveler returns." Melancholy and miserable though he is, Hamlet chooses life because he has no way of knowing what follows death.

Why does Rosh give up on Samson? What does this suggest about leaders?

Rosh loses interest in Samson because Samson turns to Daniel as his liberator and savior. Samson, despite his enormous strength, is, just as Daniel is, "soft," which is a quality that Rosh hates. As a leader, Rosh insists on blind commitment and complete loyalty; he does not want to be questioned; he enjoys power. Although he does not speak, Samson implicitly questions Josh's authority to lead and undermines his power by giving his loyalty and love to Daniel.

Why has the writer chosen "The Ultimate Safari" as the name of the story?

The author writes an epigraph before the story begins from a London travel advertisement that is trying to lure rich tourists to Africa for the "ultimate safari". Gordimer, the author, uses this epigraph and entitles her story from it to show the vast differences between the wealthy white tourists and the poor black refugees of southern Africa. In the epigraph, the word "ultimate" is used to mean the best. In the title, the word "ultimate" means last. For the many people who were forced out of the narrator's village, the dangerous and difficult trek to the refugee camps is indeed their "last" safari. While traveling through the game reserve that rich white tourists pay thousands of dollars to visit, the narrator's group can smell the food of the rich tourists, while the refugees themselves are hungry, having less to eat than the buzzards. Many of them die before getting out of the park.

In 1984, what is the main conflict and is it external or internal?

I agree that Winston's conflicts are both external (man vs society--i.e. the Party) and internal (Winston vs his conscience). The most interesting thing about the internal conflict in this text is that, for most of the book, it is half formed. Winston begins defying the party with only instinct and trace memories to guide him. He doesn't struggle within himself because he doesn't know who he is. For the most part, his struggle with the Party is also half-formed. I think this is part of the point of the novel: Winston does not know who or what the actual opposing force is, so he does not know who or what he should be in conflict with (yes, he understands that he should resist "the Party" and all that it stands for, but he does not know who, precisely, the Party is).

What are three examples of figurative language from In the Time of Butterflies, and where do they occur in the novel?

1. In Chapter Five the girls, Dede and Minerva, finish their work at their father's shop and head to Tio [Uncle] Pepe's where they will play volleyball with their friends. But, Minerva has invited Mario and Lio Morales along, too. When it comes time to play, Minerva is not around. Dede looks up at the galleria where her sister and Lio have been sitting,

... the two empty chairs facing each other recollect the vanished speakers. 

Here is an example of personification as the chairs "face" each other, and they "recollect," or remember, as only people can. 

2. In Chapter Six, Minerva is taken to the Discovery Day Dance by her father at the invitation of Trujillo. Minerva sits with Don Manuel and later must dance with him when Trujillo cuts in. As he dances with Minerva, he holds her tightly and makes a very vulgar gesture toward her, saying he would like to "conquer" her. She slaps him, but at that moment a storm breaks out, so Minerva and her father leave. Because they depart before Trujillo, they break the law. 

Two guardias arrive at their house the next day. summoning them to the governor's palace. After her father is taken to another room,Mamá watches Don Antonio like an animal waiting to attack if her young one is threatened. [This is a simile, a contrast between two unlike persons or things using the words "like"]

3. In Chapter Eight, Patria's boys, Nelson and Noris, have grown up. When Nelson mentions that he wants to join the liberators, Patria rushes to Padre de Jesus Lopez for advice, but, sadly, he tells her he is lost himself, Patria goes herself on a retreat with Padre de Jesus and the Salcedo group to Constanza. 

 Using a stated metaphor, comparing churches to way stations, Patria says,

Ever since I’d had my vision of the Virgencita, I knew spirit was imminent, and that the churches were just glass houses, or way stations on our road through this rocky life.

Purple mountains reaching towards angelfeather clouds; a falcon soaring in a calm blue sky; God combing His sunshine fingers through green pastures straight out of the Psalms.

What are the factors which lead to learned helplessness in women and why do they lead to it?basically what leads to it and how does it lead to it???

I have to agree with the previous editor that learned
helplessness is to be applied to the way in which women have become helpless.  However,
I also have to add that social restrictions also create an aura of helplessness that
restricts women from further developing.  In America women have had more opportunities
for growth, but there is still left the thought process that certain things in our
society are considered to be a "man's job."

Men have
suffered a blow to their ego with the emergence of woman in the role of men's jobs, but
the population of women taking in leadership roles in math, science, and businesses is
still below the average for men.  I do have to add though that many men are quite
comfortable and accepting of women as coworkers. This reverts back to socialization and
the way in which women are socialized.  There has been progress in this area, but it
will still take a long time before the statistics will show an equal balance among women
and men in the fields of science, medicine, businesses, and
math.

Account for the origination of African slavery in the Chesapeake and Carolina low country regions.

On the origins of African slavery in the Chesapeake: At
first, much of the agricultural labor in the Chesapeake region, was performed by white
bondsmen.  A bondsman was bound to a planter for a fixed number of years, say five or
seven, to repay his passage to America.  Some of them had chosen to come to America;
others of them had been kidnapped and brought to America.  The bondsmen were both men
and women.  The planter would buy them from the ship-captain, then they had to work for
him for a few years.  When their bond period was up, they were free.  Severity was often
used to maximize the work extracted from them because their master knew that they would
be leaving him and he did not care so much about their health and well-being as he might
have if they had been permanent workers for him.  Because of the severity, the bondsmen
often ran away.  They went beyond the frontier of settlement and built a hut and planted
some food crops.  They were white just like every other farmer on the frontier, so it
was hard for their masters to detect and recover
them.

Blacks, on the other hand, were easy to differentiate
and therefore more likely to be recovered if they ran away.  Hence, planters started
acquiring African slaves.  There may have been other reasons; maybe planters could not
get enough white bondsmen to do all the work on the
plantations.

I have read that the first blacks brought to
Virginia were not life-long slaves, but temporary bondsmen just like the whites.  I have
read that the first black slave in Virginia was owned by a black master.  Supposedly,
the master had served out his bonded period and become a farmer and had a black bondsman
working for him who was simple-minded or in some other way incapable of careing for
himself; at any rate the master convinced a court that this was the case and won a
ruling by the court that he could keep the bondsman in permanent life-long bondage for
his own well-being.

Carson explains the title of her book. Why is it called "Silent Spring"?

Rachel Carson's book Silent Spring was a landmark in the history of the environmental movement, not only for the quality of its scientific research but for the poignancy of its writing.

The book opens with a striking image of a typical American town, pictured as a visually appealing place with a classic small town feel. There is, however, something wrong with the town. It is silent, in so far as the normal natural sounds are not present. In the spring, one should hear insects buzzing and birds singing. Instead, this spring is ominously silent, with none of the normal sounds of natural life. In Carson's words:

There was a strange stillness. The birds, for example— where had they gone? ... The feeding stations in the backyards were deserted. ... It was a spring without voices.

With this striking image, Carson then moves on to analysis of the effects of pesticides and insecticides, especially DDT, on birds and other wildlife. Her far-ranging analysis shows that to understand their effects, one must study ecosystems as a whole. Her book eventually led to a ban on DDT, and thus saved the towns of the sort she described from the fate of having silent springs.

What does the theme 'Appeareance and reality' have to do with Macbeth, and how does he show this in his soliloquies?

Appearance and reality is an extremely important theme from the play.  The first example we see is in Lady Macbeth's plans to murder Duncan.  She dictates to Macbeth, look like the innocent flower, But be the serpent under't. (I.v.75) Lady Macbeth knows that Macbeth needs instruction in how to maintain the appearance of innocence as he plots and executes Duncan's murder (she believes he has a weaker "nature" than she does); the reality of the situation is that Lady Macbeth and Macbeth have murderous intents, so Macbeth may take over the crown. After the murder, Macbeth appears to be horrified and devastated by the crimes when, in reality, he is the perpetrator.  

As the play continues, Macbeth continues to maintain false appearances.  He portrays himself as a loyal friend to Banquo while he secretly plans his murder.  Most kinsmen believe Macbeth to be a strong, loyal, intelligent, virtuous ruler who has earned his titles through his merit while the reality is that Macbeth has violently and dishonestly moved up in rank after his last earned title of Thane of Cawdor. One major lesson to be learned from Macbeth: things are almost never how they appear!

What does Hamlet mean by "readiness is all"(5.2.218)?. What does such a statement reflect about him?could he have made such a statement in Act 1?

Well, first let's look at the entire quotation to put it in context.  Hamlet says the following in Act 5, Scene 2:

Not a whit, we defy augury; there's a special providence in the fall of a sparrow.  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.

In other words, even though the fencing match might be a bad idea or a bad "sign," Hamlet admits here that there is supernatural, even divine, intervention when even the smallest sparrow bird dies.  Using MANY words, Hamlet describes how and when this will happen.  The point is this:  even if it doesn't happen now, or even soon, that sparrow WILL die.  MAN WILL DIE, TOO.  HAMLET WILL DIE!  (It won't be long before he says, "I die, Horatio!" And then he DOES!) 

Now, to the importance of your quotation:  Hamlet says that the point is not WHEN a man will die, but that he is READY to die.  THIS is where your quote comes in:  "The readiness is all."  If a man is ready to die, there is no reason to put it off because "no man has aught of what he leaves" anyway.  So even if that man has riches beyond heaven, it doesn't matter.  Hamlet's point is that HE is ready to die while Claudius is not.

Why is this important?  Hamlet finally realizes here that supernatural forces, divine forces, and/or fate determine the outcome of a man's life.  This is the ONLY time Hamlet is willing to actually ACT, ... and he DOES.  In regards to your final question, could he have done this in Act I.  ABSOLUTELY NOT!  Why?  Because Hamlet's tragic flaw is INACTION.  Unfortunately, he learns to act too late!

What does the man in the red sweater teach Buck and how does the lesson apply to humans today?

What Buck learns from the man in the red sweater is that
the man with the club has to be obeyed.  In other words, you have to do what the people
with the power want you to do.

You can say that this
applies to people today as it always has.  Might, in some ways, makes right.  We may not
like it and it may not seem civilized, but at times we simply have to give in to the
people with more power.  If we are like Buck we can wait and get stronger ourselves and
then be the ones with the power.  But until we do, we have to
obey.

This is partly an admission that we are weaker than
someone.  But Buck is also smarter than some dogs that fight to the death.  Part of what
he is saying is that we have to be smart enough to fight when we have a chance to win
and to let it go when we don't.

Do you think it is good or important to be involved in choir?Does being involved in a choir help you later on in life? Do you have more of an...

I think that you can learn a lot from being in choir. You
can gain skills that will definitely help you in the future whether or not you enter
into a career in music. High school is about gaining as many experiences as possible.
You can specialize when you get to college, but if you experience a lot of different
things now, then you will have a better idea of what directions interest
you.

That said, what you can learn from being in a choir
(aside from how to improve as a singer) is how to work as a part of a team. Choir is not
a solo activity. You have to listen to the choir director as well as to each other. A
good choir functions as a single unit in much the same way as a successful sports team,
military unit, or corporation. Teamwork and team building skills can help you in many
areas.

You can also learn self confidence. As a singer in a
choir, you will perform in front of audiences. Becoming comfortable singing will help
you be more comfortable speaking in front of a crown, giving presentations, and going on
interviews for colleges or jobs.

Lastly, choir teaches you
dedication. You commit to a time to be at rehearsal and you are expected to be there
even if you have homework or something that you want to do instead. If you stick to that
commitment you will learn how to manage your time and how to maintain a dedication to
something - skills you will also use both in college and in
life.

ONLY CHAPTER6,who actually steals carlson's gun? Why does George lie about the gun?

Although George agrees with Carlson when Carlson says that
Lennie was the one who stole Carlson's gun, it was really George, and not Lennie, who
stole it.

George lies about the gun because he does not
want anyone to know that he came out with the intention of shooting Lennie.  He wants to
make it sound like he had no choice.  Otherwise, he could be in trouble.  First of all,
he could possibly be charged with murder.  Second, Curley's family might be mad at him
because he deprived them of the chance to get revenge on Lennie.

Does the Hamlet Fortinbras describes (5.2.339-344) sound like the Hamlet we have known? What will happen to the kingdom under...

In my edition of Shakespeare's
Hamlet, the line numbers you give feature Hamlet speaking before he
dies.  In my edition, I think the lines you ask about are 380-388, in which Fortinbras
says:

...Let
four captains

Bear Hamlet like a soldier to the
stage,

For he was likely, had he been put
on,

To have proved most
royal,...

Essentially, all
Fortinbras says is that if Hamlet had been crowned king, he likely would have proved
"most royal." 

What being royal consists of is probably a
matter of opinion, but in general, Hamlet, throughout the play, is noble, is fully aware
of the fact that actions have consequences, shows leadership abilities, apparently is an
excellent swordsman, and is a good man, at least for the most part and when it comes to
the larger issues of a kingdom.  These traits suggest Fortinbras is correct, and Hamlet
would have been most royal.

Concerning what happens in
Denmark with Fortinbras in control, any answer I give would be purely specuation and
irrelevant to the play.  Finally, Fortinbras doesn't really have any revenge to get,
since King Hamlet, the leader of the forces in the battle during which King Norway was
killed, died long ago.

Was the narrator in "Shooting an Elephant" justified in shooting the elephant? Could the situation be handled in any other way?

The narrator feels that he had no choice in shooting the elephant. He feels guilty for the act, because at this point, the elephant had halted his maniacal rage, yet , ultimately, he knew that it was his duty to take the elephant out.

The crowd, which hated the British intrusion, would have accepted no less. It was important that the narrator appear strong and in control in the face of such strong adversity.While there was certainly the other option-not shooting the elephant-for the narrator, this was the right one for the time.

What are metaphors in The Eagle and what are they comparing?

This short little poem is loaded with literary devices
that connect to the overall intention of the poem which is to present the majesty of an
eagle.  Here are few of note:

• the claws of the
  eagle are compared to hands that "clasp" which suggests strength.  The sound device in
  that first line is alliteration -- the repetition of the hard "c" sound in "clasps"
  "crag" "crooked" all conjure his harsh and strong
  claws.


• As he stands alone on the crag of rock, he is
  looking down on a "wrinkled sea" that "crawls."  From above, that is exactly how the sea
  would look.


• In the last line, his take-off and flight
  down are compared to a "thunderbolt" which suggests sudden energy and power.
  


• Each of the 2 3-line stanzas contains one end rhyme
  sound which unifies the image of each stanza.


• Here is
  another example of alliteration ( ie. lonely
  lands)


• Here is an example of consonance
  (wrinkled
  crawls)


• Here is an example
  of assonance (sea
  beneath)


• All of the sound
  devices unify the language of the image.


• The meter is
  iambic tetrameter which is a short and melodic meter, especially when the poet also uses
  end rhyme which creates unity in the
  poem.

How do characters like Antigone and Creon work in a tragedy? Which of them is a tragic hero of Antigone?Definition of tragedy.

In looking into this question, one must consider the
entirety of the story of Oedipus.  Fate led Oedipus into fullfilling the prophesy of the
Oracle of Delphi.  He does not knowingly kill his father and marry his mother.  His
quest for the tuth leads him to the discovery of his
identity.

Creon tries to make the best of a bad situation
but by taking sides in the feud between the two sons of Oedipus and Jocasta,  he brought
down the wrath of the gods.  To leave a body unburied was an offense to the gods and
Etocles had violated the terms of the agreement to rule
Thebes.

Antigone felt it was more important to follow god's
law rather than man's law aka Creon's law.  Her reasoning was simple, it was better to
break man's law than god's law because gods were much more powerful than
kings.

It can be argued that Creon is the tragic hero
because he displays hubris in defying the law of the gods, but the true tragic hero is
Antigone because she is willing to give her life for her principals and her love of her
brother.

What is the difference between primary imagination and secondary imagination? Bring out the elements of secondary imagination.

I’m not sure if this is what you are seeking
information about, but hopefully it will answer your questions. Samuel Taylor Coleridge
proposed the notion that there were two types of imagination. The primary imagination is
the way a mind perceives and understands situations exactly as they are or appear to be.
The secondary imagination is the way our minds reconstruct events and situations in
relationship to our own worlds and understandings of that world. The idea is kind of
synergetic in that the parts and pieces when put together have a greater value than
their individual worth.

I need to write an argumentative essay on what Junot Diaz was trying to convey in relation to some aspect of the human experience.Some of the...

The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao
is full of dualities, of character, place, time, theme, and motif.  For every
literary element in one chapter, there is a contrasting element in another.  Diaz
performs a balancing act, using the following dualities to write his post-modern
coming-of-age immigrant novel:

• Love vs.
  Violence


• Family vs.
  Alienation


• Fantasy vs. Brutal
  realization


• Wondrous vs.
  Brief


• Past vs. Present
  


• Middle Earth vs. Third
  World

In the first half of the novel, Oscar
lands on the left side of these dualities.  In America, his comic books, and his fantasy
fiction, Oscar is the romantic quester who dreams of only one goal: love.  But, when he
is touched by his family's curse (the fuku, Trujillo, and the
machismo sexist culture of the D.R.), Oscar changes to become a kind of tragic martyr
who dies for both sides of the chart: fantasy AND reality, love AND violence.  Although
Oscar cannot achieve his dreams, his death allows Junior vicariously to achieve them, a
kind of antidote to the fuku.

A good
quote to begin your paper is found at the beginning of Chapter
5:

“Men are
not indispensable. But Trujillo is irreplaceable. For Trujillo is not a man. His is…a
cosmic force…Those who try to compare him to his ordinary contemporaries are mistaken.
He belongs to…the category of those born to a special
destiny.”

Use this quote as a
teaser or from which to glean some ideas.  Good luck...

Why has Prince Prospero locked himself and his guests in the abbey in "The Masque of the Red Death"?

Prince Prospero is trying to escape a deadly plague that is running rampant through his country.  Anyone who becomes infected with the "red death" begins to bleed from all pores and dies within thirty minutes.  Prospero gathers one thousand of his people, and they seal themselves in the abbey to wait for the plague to be over.  His name, "Prospero", is ironic because he does not prosper by locking himself away; no one can escape death.

In "The Zoo Story," what does Jerry hope will happen in Peter's life from then on?

 Judging by the lines on the final page or two of the play, Jerry hopes that Peter will live as an animal, not a vegetable. By that he means, living as a vegetable is to live a life of habit, being dead inside. Living a life as an animal means choosing one's life and fighting for what one has, as the two men fight over the bench in the play. (He also wants Peter to not get caught for killing him.)

Which male character(s) corresponds to Dorthea's vision of life and her vocation of social reforms?Dorothea is marked by her vocation for improving...

Two male characters in Middlemarch
correspond to Dorthea's interest in and penchant for improving things. The first of
these is Sir James Chettam, the owner of the property adjacent to her family's property.
The second is her cousin, Will Ladislaw. Both Sir James and Ladislaw, especially Sir
James, deeply share Dorthea's desire for action for the benefit of others and for
reforms that improve the condition of the common
people.

Sir James is in love with Dorthea, though she
refuses him and accepts the inept Casaubon instead. Sir James would not only like to
have gained Dorthea's affection, he would also have liked to implement her plans of
reform for the benefit of his tenants.

Will Ladislaw is a
cousin and has a very complicated family background that, through no fault of his own,
leaves him cut out from any family inheritance on either his mother's side or his
father's side. He drifts, pursuing the arts, without meaningful work until he happens to
become the editor of the Pioneer. It is in this capacity that
Ladislaw discovers his gifts and penchant for communicating ideas and arguing
controversial positions, such as that of reform. Ladislaw is inspired think about
studying law and entering politics.

Does Globalization affect culture and literature?

Of course it does.

So called
cutural imperialism by the american culture.

It is an
uncomfortable truth and yet it is prevalent.

However, i
think literature somewhat maintains its unique characteristics despite the dominance of
one culture.

It is because the literature is spreaded via
one country's own language, while the culture is spreaded by variosu means of
media.

I mean, when the literature is made in to a movie
which is kind of a culture, even though the specific novel is from, let's say, Korea,
the film may have americanistic traits to suit the tastes of the
americans.

Because literature is written by distinct
languages differing among nations, it is able to maintain its uniqueness
somewhat.

But
culture!

It is no denying that globalization is affecting
it.

Look at GI Joe. Who is saving the effiel
tower??

How come americans are the ones protecting the
symbol of paris?

We should appreciate that the english is
not the only language in the world.

I was told that there is a problem and then its answer in each of Shakespeare's sonnet. What's the problem in sonnet 18?

All sonnets do this...the "turn" or the switch from problem or situation to answer is different for most sonnets.  Petrarchan or Italian sonnets usually "turn" after the first eight lines.  Sonnet 43 "How do I love thee" by Elizabeth Barrett Browning is one exception since her Italian sonnet begins to "turn" after the first line.

English sonnets--either Shakespearian or Spenserian (Edmund Spenser) turn after the first 12 lines.

I like to call the "turn" the BIG BUT.  The turn is usually begun with some transitional word or conjunction like yet, but, so, etc.

So, read your sonnet a min imum of 3 times.  First for the content--get the gist of the poem.  Second, for the problem and the solution (the turn is in there somewhere...look for the big but) Third for the rhythm and sheer beauty of the language. The more you read those 14 well-constructed lines, the better you'll understand them and the more you will learn to love poetry.

Good LUck!

Explain why Willy expects Biff to amount to much more than he has and what impact/effect does this have on Biff.

When a father reaches a certain age and begins to realize that he is not going to be a great success in life, it is natural for him to console himself with the fact that he has been successful biologically. He has produced one or more children. In Willy's case, he has produced two sons. But the father must ask himself if producing children is a sign of success unless those children are successful themselves. It is disheartening to Willy to see that Biff, the boy who seemed so promising, has not lived up to his promises or to Willy's expectations. Biff was a high-school athletic hero but apparently wasn't good enough to become a professional football or baseball player and had no other talents to exploit. He could have gone to college on an athletic scholarship, but he was a poor scholar in high school and would be worse in college. As he tells his father, he is only a one-dollar-an-hour man. Happy is good-hearted but not especially ambitious. Willy is frustrated because if either of his sons became a big success, it would vindicate his own existence. He does not want to admit that he is a complete failure. Competition is fierce in a capitalistic society. Only a few people can become successful. There must be losers as well as winners. The others are like Willy Loman. They just manage to survive and hope that nothing catastrophic happens. There is a great irony in Death of a Salesman in that Willy keeps telling his sons how to succeed when he is a failure himself. He doesn't know the secret of success, but it is very important to him that at least one of his sons should succeed. That would make Willy's life meaningful. He would have contributed to society. His sons may not even become biologically successful. Both are of an age when they should be married and producing children of their own. If Biff or Happy at least had a child or two, Willy could transfer his hopes to the grandchildren.