Beatty says to Montag, "Your house, your clean-up." What does this mean?

At this point in the novel Beatty has found Guy's secret out about the books. Montag's wife has turned on him and turned him in to Beatty- the fire chief knows about his books. Beatty confronts Montag about the books and tells him he must do the job himself. It's bad enough to own books, but it's even worse that fireman, whose job it is to burn books, has his own book collection. Beatty doesn't just want Montag to burn the books, he wants him to burn everything piece by piece so that he learns his lesson. That's the point of the quote- Beatty wants Montag to repent by burning everything himself. By doing this he can prove to the department that he's wrong. Beatty is forcing Montag to take responsibility for breaking the law. 

In "The Most Dangerous Game," what is Rainsford's conflict with Zaroff, and how is it finally resolved?

The conflict between Rainsford and Zaroff is brought about by Zaroff's irrational desire to hunt and animal of intelligence, a bill which Rainsford readily fills.  It is resolved when a more intelligent Rainsford out thinks Zaroff and overcomes him in his own bedroom at the end of the story.  

In "The Most Dangerous Game," how is General Zaroff civilized in his actions?

Wow!  That is a tough question because all I can imagine is Zaroff hunting down Rainsford in the jungle, and it's pretty hard to see anything civilized in his actions there!  Let's look beyond that if we can and focus on Zaroff's actions,more so than his style of living.  I suppose the most civilized of his actions would have to be the fact that he actually did save Rainsford from being shot by Ivan when he found him on the island; he also gave him clothes, food and a place to sleep.  Keep in mind, of course, that he was preparing him for the upcoming hunt.  I suppose his final act of civilized behavior came when he gave Rainsford a three hour head start before he began to hunt him down like an animal.  Forgive my sarcasm; I have taught this story for years and it is a favorite of mine.  However, the one aspect of the story that has always escaped me is the presence of any civilized actions on the part of Zaroff.  I hope this helps!

How much time elapses between the opening and closing lines of Part III?

Only a very short time elapses between those lines - probably only a few seconds.  In the opening line of the section, the physical reality of Farquhar's hanging has begun, and he falls "straight downward through the bridge".  In the last line, he is dead, "his body, with a broken neck, swung gently from side to side beneath the timbers of the Owl Creek bridge".  Assuming that death would have occurred instantly from such a sudden, tramatic injury, all that transpires in the interim had to happen between the time he was dropped off the bridge and the time his neck snapped at the end of the rope. 

what is the interpretation of sonnet 29i need help with sonnet 29

When, in disgrace with Fortune and men's eyes,
I all alone beweep my outcast state,
And trouble deaf heaven with my bootless cries,
And look upon myself, and curse my fate,

 When I am out of luck and I am all alone--an outcast in society, and heaven doesn't hear my prayers, and I feel sorry for myself and my situation,

Wishing me like to one more rich in hope,
Featured like him, like him with friends possessed,
Desiring this man's art and that man's scope,
With what I most enjoy contented least;

I look at others and wish I had more hope like that guy or looked good like that guy, or had lots of friends like that guy, or had talents or intelligence like those other guys. What used to please me in my own life depresses me now.

Yet in these thoughts myself almost despising
Haply I think on thee: and then my state,
Like to the Lark at break of day arising
From sullen earth, sings hymns at Heaven's gate;

BUT, when I'm low in these thoughts and hate myself most, suddenly I think of you.  Then my situation, like the lark singing at sunrise, is floating like hymns to heaven,

For thy sweet love rememb'red such wealth brings
That then I scorn to change my state with Kings.

Because I have remembered that I have your sweet love and the richness it brings to my life makes me unwilling to change places even with Kings.

Write a critical note and summary of the sonnet "Amoretti 67" by Edmund Spenser.

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What is the relationship between the father and son in The Metamorphosis?

The relationship between the father and the son is strange. It is certainly strained, but it is also complex. The son's metamorphosis begins while works in a job that he hates in order to pay down his family's debt. His father loves him, but his love seems difficult to find: although tears eventually come, his initial response to his son's transformation is not sadness, but anger (he shakes his fist). The twisted part about their relationship is that the son essentially gets sick while carrying his father's burden (debt) but the father, instead of being sympathetic, essentially rejects and attacks the son for becoming the "vermin" that he has become. He hurts his son, physically, and scars him (he throws apples at him which injure his son and eventually cause an infection). This is deeply ironic, because the change in the son seems to occur as a result of the work that he does on his father's behalf. The father should be showering him with love, but instead hates the despicable creature he has become and wants nothing to do with him.