What is significant that offered changes her feeling of commit suicide after she knows Nick in The Handmaid's Tale?

I think you are asking, "Why
is it significant that Offred changes her mind about the act of suicide
after she knows Nick?"

If so, then the reason she changes
her mind and starts the see the world as a less hopeless place is because she has a more
genuine human connection with Nick, more like the way things used to be before the
regime change and the creation of Gilead.  Nick is someone with whom is CHOOSING to be
with in a sexual way and for their mutual pleasure.  He is more like her husband than
the pseudo-relationship she has with the Commander.  While the Commander is tyring to
connect in a more personal way than the ceremony, it is just not the
same.

Because she has this connection with Nick she thinks
that life is more worth living.  Suicide is a running theme through the novel -- the
handmaid prior to Offred killed herself in the very room Offred now occupies.  The new
life seems hopeless, dangerous and degrading, especially to Offred and this "first
generation" of handmaids who remember how it was before.  Suicide was a way out of what
seemed inconceivable and allowed a woman to take control of her situation, as opposed to
letting this chauvinistic regime take all of the power and control.  Being with Nick
makes her see that she can have some control and pleasure back.

How did jealousy destroy Leontes? Give three examples.

Does Leontes become jealous?  Yes.  Does it "destroy"
him?  All things considered, since he is reunited with both his wife and daughter at the
end of the play, he is not truly destroyed.

By the end of
Act III, it would appear that he is destroyed.  In Act III, scene 2, Pauline confronts
the jealous tyrant and enumerates all that he has done in his unfounded jealous
anger.

In his jealousy, he betrayed his best friend,
Polixenes.  She tells him that to send away his baby daughter to be left alone in the
wild was an evil action.  She also lays the death of the young prince at Leontes's
feet.  Finally she tells him that he is responsible for the death of
Hermione.

In rejecting the Oracle's answer, Leontes brings
down the wrath of the gods and until what is lost is found (Perdita) Leontes will remain
a broken man.

For what it is worth, when Patrick Stewart
played the role, he asked a psychiatrist friend to help him understand Leontes who
appears to become jealous out of the blues, so to speak.  What his friend discovered was
that the jealousy we see is actual a real mental illness that mimics jealousy but
progresses in stages, just like Leontes.

First this
unfounded jealousy seems to come on suddenly and usually the wife is suspected to have
had an affair with the best friend, although there is no
evidence.

Secondly there is a desire and attempt to kill
the friend and a rejection of the wife.

Thirdly there is a
deep depression that can last days, weeks, and even
years.

According to Stewart, this information helped him as
an actor to understand his character.

Shakespeare was a
great observer of his fellow man and this is just another
example.

What is the theme of the poem "Laugh and Be Merry"?

I believe the theme is laugh at every opportunity: laugh
every day.  Man has struggled since the beginning of time, and what remains is laughter.
 It has been here since the stars were created. It has been a part of man's experience
from his first day.

With all that comes in the living of
one's life, laughter is the thing that matters most. So the author advises all to laugh
with friends and be merry whenever possible. Laugh with the array of nature laid out
before you. Laugh with your brothers as long as life give you the opportunity to
experience the world's joy.

And continue to laugh as long
as life goes on, until the dances are done, the music ends: "laugh till the game is
played:" until life is over.

Who was Cesare Borgia in The Prince?

I edited your question since you can only ask one question
at a time.

Cesare Borgia was a member of a notorious
Renaissance family led by Alexandre Borgia, who was a Pope. He was not your average
Pope: All Borgias were the medieval "Sopranos", always bribing, committing some form of
crime, and obtaining riches, goods and loads of power in the darkest
places.

Cesar was the eldest of the Borgia son, and brother
to another notorious lady of history: Lucrezia
Borgia.

Cesar was a young, horrid and ambitious warrior
that stopped at nothing to become the celebrated "Prince" of which Niccolo Machiavelli
speaks of: One who does not need divine kingship to be elected, and one who does not
need to be fair and just: Just bad and wild and strong enough to grab a throne away from
anybody.

He was conqueror of many places of which he became
Duke, and with the godfather-hood of the Pope he was elevated to many positions of power
whenever the Borgias wanted more.

He was Dule of Romagna
and Valentinios, and Prince of Andria and Venatro, among many other titles acquired
either by force, by his father's influence, or by marriage.  He was only 31 when he
died.

Find the range of the function f(x)= x/3x^2+2 .

To find the codomain of the given function, we'll put f(x)
= y.

y=x/(3x^2+2)

We'll
multiply both sides by (3x^2+2):

y*(3x^2+2) =
x

We'll remove the
brackets:

3yx^2 + 2y = x

We'll
subtract x both sides:

3yx^2 + 2y - x =
0

We'll re-write the equation, ordering decreasingly the
powers of x:

3yx^2 - x + 2y =
0

This equation has real solutions if and only if the
discriminant delta > 0.

delta=b^2-4*a*c, where
a,b,c, are the coefficients of the quadratic,
ax^2+bx+c=0

delta=(-1)^2-24y^2

delta
= 1-24y^2

We'll consider the expresion of delta a
difference of squares:

delta =
(1-2ysqrt6)(1+2ysqrt6)

We'll solve the equation
delta=0.

(1-2ysqrt6)(1+2ysqrt6)=
0

We'll set each factor as
zero:

1-2ysqrt6 = 0

We'll
subtract 1 both sides:

-1 =
-2ysqrt6

We'll divide by
-2sqrt6:

y =
1/2sqrt6

y =
sqrt6/12

1+2ysqrt6 =
0

y=-sqrt6/12

Between
of the 2 roots, delta = 1-24y^2 is positive (because of the coefficient of y, which is
negative, -24).

So, the image of the function
is:

 Im f = [-sqrt6/12,
sqrt6/12]

What does Polonius assign Reynaldo to do in Hamlet, Act II, Scene i?

The character of Polonius, in Shakespeare's Hamlet, proves
himself to be a questionable parent at best when he asks "his man" Reynaldo to search
out Laertes in France in order to examine Laertes' behavior.  In other words, Polonius
wants Reynaldo to be a devious spy.  Laertes, of course, is Polonius' own son.  Polonius
has given Laertes quite a bit of (rambling) advice before Laertes goes to France to
complete his studies.  Obviously, Polonius doesn't trust his own offspring.  Considering
the expense of sending Reynaldo to France and verbally inquire about Laertes'
whereabouts and doings, obviously Polonius finds this devious spying to be quite
important.  Let's look at some of the text in order to put Reynaldo as "spy" and
Polonius as "questionable parent" under the literary
microscope.

The guise as to which Reynaldo is to appear in
France is to give Laertes "this money and these notes."  In these first few lines of the
chapter, some readers can be a bit confused because Polonius keeps using the pronoun
"he" and never uses his son's actual name (Laertes).  Still, Reynaldo is given strict
instructions not to visit "him" (Laertes) until he is able to "make inquire of his
behaviour."

Making this "inquire" is where the spying comes
in.  Next Polonius asks Reynaldo to be quite sure as to whom he is speaking in order to
find the right people to ask about Laertes.  He spends quite a few lines concentrating
on this and asking Reynaldo to:

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Inquire me first what Danskers are in
Paris,
And how, and who, what means, and where they keep,
What
company, at what expense; and finding
By this encompassment and drift of
question
That they do know my son, come you more nearer
Than your
particular demands will touch
it.

Third, Polonius instructs
Reynaldo not to reveal that he is actually spying but to say that he simply knows
Laertes' "father and his friends, and in part him."  Through it all Polonius continually
asks Reynaldo if he is listening and marking the words that Polonius is saying.  (I find
this quite interesting because it shows that Polonius, himself, has the knowledge that
he tends to ramble and, as a result, his listeners stop listening to him, ... quite
often.)

Fourth, Polonius (amazingly) tells Reynaldo to tell
whatever lies he pleases in order to falsely implicate Laertes in order to get the truth
out of whoever is being spoken to.  In fact, Polonius
says:

Put on
him
What forgeries you please—marry, none so rank
As may dishonour
him, take heed of that—
But, sir, such wanton, wild and usual
slips
As are companions noted and most known
To youth and
liberty.

In other words,
accuse Laertes of anything that makes "youth" both "common" and "wanton," although
nothing that would "dishonour" Laertes.  And when Reynaldo suggests "gaming," Polonius
goes further and wants suggestions of more than that:

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Ay, or drinking, fencing, swearing,
quarrelling,
Drabbing. You may go so
far.

Here, Reynaldo is
surprised that Polonius would have his spy suggest such things because Reynaldo admits
that "My lord, that would dishonour him."  But Polonius dismisses Reynaldo's assumption
because he wants Reynaldo to ask about those very particular things.  According to
Polonius, it all depends on the expert way that Reynaldo would "season" his words. 
Ironically, here Polonius does say that Reynaldo should not "put another scandal on
him," but only such things as normal youth would do when away from home.  Another irony
here is that Reynaldo says nothing except the word "but," ... and Polonius then rambles
how horrible Reynaldo is by even suggesting that Polonius is a bad father for suggesting
this scam.  In truth, Reynaldo says nothing of the
sort.

Finally, Polonius tries to label what he is doing as
a "trick of protection" because the final product (Polonius is sure) is that Laertes
will be labeled as a "good sir" or a "friend" or a "gentleman."  And after losing his
place amid his rambling thoughts, Polonius asks Reynaldo what was being discussed and
then blurts out that by using lies about Laertes,

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Your bait of falsehood takes this carp of
truth;
And thus do we of wisdom and of
reach

In other words,
Polonius thinks that lies will allow Reynaldo to learn the real truth of Laertes'
doings.  The reader should note the inconstancy and deviousness of this awkward request
and, therefore, view Polonius as a questionable parent and, in fact, a questionable
character from now on.

What is the biggest obstacle for a billl to become a law during th bill making process?

In my opinion, the biggest obstacle for a bill to become a
law is the fact that so many different people have to agree on the bill.  This makes it
pretty tough for any bill to make it into law.

In the
process of a bill becoming a law, the members of various committees in both houses have
to agree.  Then the whole membership of each house has to agree (this is especially
difficult in the Senate were on 40% of Senators can stop a bill).  If the bills passed
by the two houses are different, the conference committee has to agree.  Finally, the
President has to agree.

At each step of the way, various
interest groups will be giving their opinions and they can prevent agreement as
well.

So the whole process is a huge obstacle and I will
say that the need for so many people to agree is the major reason why passage is
difficult.

Who are the Court Officers in the Crucible?

You have three specific characters that might refer to
what you are seeking an answer for.

First,
Ezekiel Cheever is the clerk of the
court. This means that he performs documentary errands and maintains a role
of clerical jobs for the court. In your eyes, this may not qualify him to be an officer
of the court. Marshall Herrick has a similar role in that
he seems to be the police force for the town and he upholds and enforces
law.

Next, Deputy Governor
Danforth acts as the most supreme official of the court. He has the last
word, but it seems as for matters of law, he is not willing to bend to common sense. He
fears a wreckless society and is therefore willing to at least appear to maintain
extreme order at all costs.

Finally, Judge
Hathorne is representative of many magistrates of the day. His role in
The Crucible is to be the judge that hears these trials. He has
deep-seeded resentments that don't reveal themselves in the regular course of
conversation.

How did the realities of the new world affect the plan of colonizers?

This is a fairly vague question.  I would think that more
pointed analysis could be offered with a better and more specific wording of the
question.  In my mind, the presence of wealth and the understanding that it was untapped
wealth played a major role in the colonization of the new world as a result of the age
of exploration.  Once explorers like Columbus landed in the new world and were able to
bring back wealth in the form of resources and products that resulted in greater
material acquisition foe the parent nation, I think that one saw these economic
realities play a instigating role in the plan of colonizers.  At that moment, explorers
understood that fame and riches awaited them, and nations who might have been guided by
mercantilism policies understood the importance of holding colonies as wealth producing
regions all over the world.

Find solutions of equation? 14^14x - 2*14^7x + 1=0

This is an exponential equation that
requires substitution technique.

14^14x -
2*14^7x + 1 = 0

It is a bi-quadratic
equation:

We'll substitute 14^7x  by another
variable.

14^7x  = t

We'll
square raise both sides:

14^14x  =
t^2

 We'll re-write the equation, having "t" as
variable.

t^2 - 2t + 1 = 0

The
equation above is the result of expanding the
square:

(t-1)^2 = 0

t1 = t2 =
1

But 14^7x = t1.

14^7x =
1

We'll write 1 as a power of
14:

14^7x= 14^0

Since the
bases are matching, we'll apply the one to one property:

7x
= 0

We'll divide by 7 both
sides:

x =
0.

The solution of the equation is x =
0.

What's a good question to ask (as well as a thesis) related to the supernatural in Hamlet & A Midsummer Night's Dream?

In considering the supernatural in
Hamlet and in A Midsummer Night's Dream, you
will want to find some common thread that runs through the element of the supernatural
in both plays.  Consider, for instance, how the supernatural world interferes with the
natural world.  In Hamlet, for instance, it is the appearance of
the ghost of his father, the murdered king, which ignites Hamlet's terrible melancholy
and the change in his relationships with his mother, Gertrude, as well as his friends
Rosencrantz and Guildenstern, and his love
Ophelia.

Likewise, in the comedic A Midsummer
Night's Dream,  the supernatural, the world of the fairies, initiates some
hilarious consequences from the appearance of the humans in the forest.  Nevertheless,
the fairies assist in making life more orderly for the humans.  So, consider what part
the supernatural plays in Shakespeare's comedy and in the tragedy
Hamlet and find some common denominators that you can write
about.

Solve the system in complex set: ix-2y=-i (1+i)x-2iy=3+i

We'll solve the system using elimination
method.

We'll note the
equations:

ix - 2y = -i
(1)

(1+i)x - 2iy = 3+i
(2)

We'll multiply (1) by -i and we'll
get:

-i(ix - 2y) = -i*-i

We'll
remove the brackets:

-i^2*x + 2iy =
i^2

We'll substitute i^2 =
-1

-x + 2iy = -1 (3)

We'll add
(3) to (2):

-x + 2iy + (1+i)x - 2iy = -1 + 3 +
i

We'll remove the brackets and eliminate like
terms:

-x + x + ix = 2 + i

ix
= 2 + i

We'll divide by i:

x =
(2+i)/i

We'll multiply by i the result in order to obtain a
real number for denominator:

x =
(2+i)*i/i^2

x = -(2i +
i^2)

x = 1 -
2i

We'll substitute x in
(1):

i(1 - 2i) - 2y = -i

We'll
remove the brackets:

i - 2i^2 - 2y =
-i

i + 2 - 2y = -i

We'll
subtract i+2 both sides:

-2y =
-i-i-2

-2y = -2i - 2

We'll
divide by -2:

y = i +
1

The solution of the system
is: {(1 - 2i ; i +
1)}.

I need a good analysis of "Sonnet 55."

The speaker addresses a listener who is deeply respected
and loved. We do not learn much about the “you,” except that the relationship with the
speaker is a close one. The “you” and “your” pronoun referring to the unnamed listener
occurs six times in the poem.

The powers of destruction
mentioned in the poem are “sluttish time,” “wasteful war,” “broils,” “Mars his sword,”
“war’s quick fire,” “death,” “all-oblivious enmity,” and the collective forgetfulness of
“all posterity.” The speaker claims that his own poem (“powerful rhyme,” line 2) will
survive all destruction, because even though people, buildings, and institutions perish,
the language will live on, and the poem is important enough to attract endless future
interest.

The “living record of your memory” of line 8
refers to the poem itself, Sonnet 55. The idea is that even though the listener is
unknown to readers, the “living record” still exists and the listener also therefore
exists.

What change has taken place in Hamlet in act 5, scene 2?

Hamlet has come to realize that we humans don't have
control over everything and that fate plays a large role in our lives.  We just have to
accept that, work with that, and make the best of it.  When he is talking to Hortatio he
explains, "There is a divinity that shapes our ends, rough hew them how we will."  He
means that he get to make a lot of the decisions of our life (rough hew) but that
God/Fate/Divinity shapes us too.

Later in the act, after
Hortatio cautions him about going into this sword fight with Laertes, Hamlet says,
"There is a special providence even in the fall of a sparrow ... the readiness is all." 
He is telling Hortatio that God is even aware of the death of insignifant bird like a
sparrow, and that all Hamlet can do, ultimately, is be as ready and he can for what may
come.  He can't control anything but himself and his reaction to the events around him. 
This is a dramatic change from the man who accomplished very little for the first four
acts of the play.

Find the moment of inertia of a ring about an axis through the center and normal to the plane of the ring and estimate its error.The flat circular...

We'll apply the formula of the moment of
inertia:

I = (pi*sigma/2)(a^4 -
b^4)

Knowing, from enunciation, the mass of the circular
ring is:

 I = (M/2)(a^2 +
b^2)

We'll insert the given
values:

I = 0.191(0.110^2 +
0.015^2)/2

I = 1.177*10^-3
Kg*m^2

The absolute error in a is delta
a.

The fractional error in a is delta
a/a.

The fractional error in a^2 is 2delta
a/a.

The absolute error in a^2 is 2adelta a and the
absolute error in ab2 is 2bdelta b.

The absolute error in
a^2+b^2:

a^2+b^2 = sqrt[4a^2(delta a)^2 + 4b^2(delta
b)^2]

a^2+b^2 = 1.23*10^-2
m^2

From this value results a fractional
error of 1.8%.

The fractional error in M is
:

M = (0.003/0.191)

M =
1.6%

I = sqrt(1.8^2 + 1.6^2)
%

I =
2.4%

I = 1.177*10^-3 Kg*m^2 
+/- 2.4%

What significance do the glass bottles with ships inside have?

Susie and her father had made the ships in a bottle
together, and they are a reminder to him of her death. Jack, Susie's father, looks at
the snow globes and the bottles with ships inside as perfect little worlds that are so
fragile they can easily be destroyed. They symbolize how Jack's family has been
shattered by Susie's brutal murder by a serial killer. After Susie's death, the family
falls apart, and Jack is obsessed to find her killer. Susie's killer has destroyed
Jack's perfect little family, and there was nothing Jack could do to prevent
it.

How would you interpret this quote?“Its not about brains. Everyone needs to be smart to a certain extent, but most people are. Its really...

I would add that I think is begs the question on your
capacity to learn. Many people have tons of knowledge floating around in their brains,
but if they can't figure out what to do with it or how to use it, it is
useless.

If while you are young you can learn how to learn,
you will be able to achieve much more. In life, we keep adapting to different
circumstances. If we can apply what we learn in school and life experiences to later and
upcoming experiences, we should be able to reach great successes. As we age, it will be
a matter of disciplining ourselves to keep applying what we have
learned.

How does Golding show us that Ralph is growing up at the start of chapter 5 in Lord Of The Flies?

The beginning of Chapter 5 of this novel is key for a
number of reasons. At the end of Chapter 4 we have just encountered a serious crisis.
Because of the blood lust that Jack has unleashed with his pig hunting, the signal fire
was left to go out, and a ship that could have rescued the boys passed by. Having called
a meeting, Ralph therefore has to consider how he can address this vital issue with the
boys and make them see the disaster that has just occurred. As he ponders how to tackle
the meeting, he experiences a kind of epiphany which shows he is wise beyond his
years:

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Suddenly, pacing by the water, he was overcome
with astonishment. He found himself understanding the wearisomeness of this life, where
every path was an improvisation and a considerable part of one's waking life was spent
watching one's feet. He stopped, facing the strip; and remembering that first
enthusiastic exploration as though it were part of a brighter childhood, he smiled
jeeringly.

Until this point,
there has been an element of which the whole island experience has been like some sort
of childish game - a fun field trip with various activities. However, now Ralph suddenly
realises the serious situation they are in and he begins to fear what might happen to
the boys if they are not able to attract a ship for help. He grows up, as is summed up
in a sentence so important that it is given a whole paragraph to
itself:

This
meeting must not be fun, but
business.

Ralph therefore
experiences a moment of sudden understanding about the situation he and the boys are in
and how serious it is. He recognises the responsibility that is placed upon him as
leader to impress upon the boys that this is not a game, and that this is (as it will
become) a struggle for survival.

What is the black ship?

The term "black ship" in this story is used to refer to
any of the ships that was used (usually only once a year) to ferry money and some goods
from Asia back to Europe.

During the time in which this
story is set, Spain was the only European country with a real presence in East Asia. 
Therefore it had a monopoly on trade there.  Each year, a ship would go from Asia back
to Spain carrying the money that had been made in that year's trading.  The ship
belonged to the Spanish government/crown.

Because the ship
had such huge amounts of money, it made a very tempting target for people like
Blackthorne and losing it would be a giant blow to Spain.

How are the conflicts in the The Scarlet Letter resolved? Nathaniel Hawthorne's The Scarlet Letter

The conflicts of the characters in The Scarlet
Letter are resolved, ironically, on the scaffold, a setting
which foreshadowed conflict in Chapter I.  Yet, there are two scenes in which the
scaffold appears after the initial scaffold scene, so interpretations of the resolutions
of the characters' conflicts differ.

In Chapter XII, The
Reverend Dimmesdale goes out at night and steps onto the scaffold, driven "hither by the
impulse of that Remorse which dogged him everywhere."  While he stands on this scaffold,
Hester and Pearl pass by; he calls to them--"we will stand all three together!"--and has
them join hands with him there.  As they do so,

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there came what seemed a tumultuous rush of new
life, other life than his own, pouring like a torrent into his heart, and hurrying
through all his veins, s if the mother and the child were communicating their vital
warmth to his half torpid system.  The three formed an electric
chain.

Arthur Dimmesdale
acknowledges the link among them and admits to his sin, resolving his conflicting
emotions.  He promises Pearl that he will stand again with them at Judgment Day.  His
earlier shriek demonstrates further Dimmesdale's urge to expose himself.  Chillingworth
appears in this scene, as well.

However, a more complete
resolution of the conflicts of the characters, especially that of Dimmesdale vs.
Chillingworth, comes in the scaffold scene on Election Day in Chapter XXIII.  In this
chapter, the fates of the characters are sealed.  Arthur Dimmesdale mounts the scaffold
in daylight this time. Roger Chillingworth pleads with Dimmesdale not to mount the
scaffold and admit his guilt because he knows if Dimmesdale does admit his sin, he will
no longer have any hold upon the minister. Nevertheless, Dimmesdale confesses that he is
a sinner, tears open his shirt, and reveals a letter A upon his chest; Hester and Pearl
stand beside him as family, Pearl kisses her father and "a spell was broken" as she
becomes more human, less sprite-like since her passion has been subdued with
Dimmesdale's confession. Chillingworth, with a "blank countenance out of which the life
seemed to have departed," cries, "Thou hast escaped me!"  Now, he has no purpose, and
shortly thereafter, he dies.

With the acknowledgement of
all the main characters' sins, the conflicts are resolved.  Hester and Pearl depart for
Europe, but after some time, Hester returns to Boston and resumes wearing the scarlet
letter as it has become too much her identity.  Still, it ceases to be a stigma and
becomes, instead, something "to be sorrowed over."  Hester dies and is buried at a space
from an old grave made after Election Day.  She is, at last, united with her
love.

What language features and words are used in Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes books but are not in modern literature today?I'm doing an...

The writing in Sherlock Holmes books
is pretty standard.  For the most part, it is the same English we use today.  It I just
a little more old-fashioned.  However, I would say the greatest difference is the amount
of sexist language present in Holmes
books. 

Sometimes there are subtly sexist language usages,
such as this early description of Mary Mortan in The Sign of Four,
a book where Watson is particularly covetous of the female
sex.

She must
have been more than woman if she did not feel some uneasiness at the strange enterprise
upon which we were embarking, yet her self-control was perfect... (ch
3)

This lovely compliment
seems to imply that women lack self-control, or are emotional.  Watson has cause to
comfort and protect Mary throughout the story.

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After the angelic fashion of women, she had borne
trouble with a calm face as long as there was someone weaker than herself to support,
and I had found her bright and placid by the side of the frightened housekeeper. (ch
7)

Watson is not a bad sort
though.  He is not a sexist pig.  He is sympathetic toward
women.

From the great black house there sounded through the
silent night the saddest and most pitiful of sounds -- the shrill, broken whimpering of
a frightened woman.

Holmes, on the other hand, often speaks
disparagingly of them.

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"Women are never to be entirely trusted -- not
the best of them." (ch
9)

Maybe that’s why Holmes
never married!  Holmes often makes comments about women as a group, and never in a
positive way.  These sexist comments would never be tolerated today, when we have a more
even conception of women.

What does Moby represent to Ahab, Starbuck, and the crew of the Pequod?

In Melville's Moby Dick, to all Moby
Dick is a formidable force, but Starbuck, the Quaker, feels that it wrong for Ahab to
seek vengeance upon a dumb brute:  "to be enraged with a dumb thing, Captain Ahab, seems
blasphemous."  But Ahab responds Ahab feels justified in wreaking evil upon a being that
is evil: 

He
tasks me, he heaps me, I see in him outrageous strength, with an inscrutable malice
sinewing it.  That inscrutable thing is chiefly what I hate; and be the White Whale
agent of be the White Whale principal, I will wreak that hate upon
him.

While Ahab seeks revenge
for the loss of his leg; he also wants to strike though the exterior of Moby Dick--the
"pasteboard" and "unreasoning mask"--in order to understand what secrets and evil Nature
disguises.  Ahab and Starbuck are foils of each other; whereas Starbuck advocates
moderation, Captain Ahab incites the entire crew in his search for vengeance. For, after
their pagan ceremony in which they pass the flagon and drink from it, the men are united
in their search for Moby Dick.  But, theirs is a hunt for a mystical monster, a grand
trophy for whom the first to sight him will be given a Spanish dragoon. "God keep
me!--keep us all!" murmurs Starbuck lowly as the others partake of the pagan
ceremony.

What is dy/dx if x=5t^3 and y=3t^5?

y = 3t^5

x
=5t^3.

Here both x and y are expressed in terms of t. This
is called the parametric equation of the curve .

Therefore
dy/dx  = (dy/dt)* dt/dx.  . Or

dy/dx =
(dy/dt)/(dx/dt)

y = 3t^5. So dy/dt = (3t^5)' = 3*5*t^(5-1)
= 15t^4.

x =5t^3 . So  dx/dt = (5t^3)' = 5*3t^(3-1) =
15t^2.

Therefore dy/dx = (dy/dt)/(dx/dt) = 15t^4/(15t^2) =
t^2.

Therefore dy/dx = t^2 .

What is the effect of language in that particualr situation.4 friends at an elementary school form a club whose members speak a secret language...

In my opinion, this is much more a case of language being
used for group cohesion and personal belonging.  The private language helps the four
boys feel special and it helps them bond with one another.  It is not really needed for
the social situation.

These boys could just as easily have
their club if they are speaking English.  They do not need another language for the
purpose of understanding one another (I am assuming that they all speak Englis.)  The
only benefit to them in making up their own language is that it sets them apart and
makes them different from everyone else.

How well made, how successful a story is “The Black Cat” as a horror story and as a revelation of human character?

"The Black Cat," which was written by Edgar Allan Poe, is
an extremely well written story and could be considered one of the first stories of the
horror genre (as could his others).  Poe did a wonderful job of using the element of
suspense to frighten and surprise his readers.  In "The Black Cat," the narrator's
obsession with the cat, which prevents him from even recognizing the evil and
significance of having murdered his wife, is very disturbing; often, the suggestion of
mental disturbance and an inability to distinguish right from wrong or adhere (etc) is
upsetting, or frightening, to the reader.

In "The Black
Cat," some interesting insights into human nature are revealed.  The narrator describes
what he does after "this hideous murder (is) accomplished," which includes little or no
sign of emotion related to the death of his wife.  His reaction is indicative of the
fact that people easily become obsessed with their own agendas, which are often warped. 
At that point, a person is often willing and able to justify and dismiss inappropriate
behaviors. 

 In addition, the narrator's obsession with the
black cat ends up sending him to the gallows, since he becomes overly confident and the
cat howls in response to his rapping on the wall in which his wife is entombed.  Human
character often suggests that "what goes around comes around" or "pride goeth before
fall." 

Elaborate on the concept of the American dream in The Glass Menagerie.

Tennessee Williams's The Glass
Menagerie has many themes, and one of them certainly concerns what is known
as the "American dream."  This is the belief that in America one should be able to do or
be anything.  In this play, many characters fail to live up to their potential, but only
one is bold enough to take any real action toward his
goal.

Amanda is a southern lady who finds herself as single
working mother struggling to make ends meet.  She has two jobs and is able, with Tom's
help, to provide for her family.  This is not what she envisioned as her the American
dream.  In her world, gentlemen callers come to visit, daughters make suitable
marriages, and all material needs are met.  None of that happens for Amanda in the
end.

Laura is a fragile girl who is certainly bright enough
to learn a skill and have a career, but she doesn't have the temperament to do so.  She
will probably never marry and achieve anything through that relationship; nor will she
find satisfaction in any kind of work.  Laura will live her life essentially
unfulfilled.  No American dream for
her.

Jim talks as if he's actually
going to be what he sees himself being one day, but his reality is far less productive. 
He had everything going for him in high school, but years later he's simply another
warehouse worker who has hopes for something bigger than he will probably achieve.  His
American dream is not particularly fruitful.

Tom is the
only one who is utterly dissatisfied with his life.  He's weary of his demanding (and
annoying) mother; he's weary of working in a warehouse; he's weary of getting little
personal benefit from his earnings; he's weary of having to "hide" his creativity; and
he's weary of staying where he has always been.  He wants nothing more than to escape,
to travel, to write, and to be free.  That's his dream.  At the expense of the people he
loves, he does pursue that dream.  He does escape, he does travel, we presume he is able
to write--but we're fairly certain he's not really free.  In the final scene of the
play, as Laura blows out the candles, Tom is still connected to his past and we know he
will never be totally free. His American dreamhas only partially come to
fruition.

How is the theme of the book related to the manner in which the conflict is resolved?

The theme of Bradbury's work can be seen as how
intellectual life cannot be fully contained.  While those in the position of power might
wish to do so, it is impossible to "stop life," as it will find a way.  Once his
consciousness is raised, the theme of the novel is seen in Montag's striving to
establish meaning in his own life.  As Montag matures in the novel, we see the idea that
life in all of its forms cannot be stopped.  Once Montag understands how reality  is
constructed, he ceases to operate in a manner that apologizes or justifies the Status
Quo.  Rather, he seeks to find ways to subvert it and eventually leave it in order to
find his true essence of self.  It is this theme that life, in its intellectual force,
cannot be fully repressed.  The "book covers" like Granger who live on the outskirts of
town waiting to recite their books to those who are in need are an example of this.  It
is no surprise that Montag ends up joining such a group, individuals who are waiting for
life to be relayed.

In your opinion, what did the loss of NY reveal about problems with the American strategy and weaknesses in the army?pages 80-114

If you are bound by a particular text's answer, I would
caution you to study this and place others' suggestions in that context.  I think that
the loss of New York as well as the early stages of frustration for Colonial forces
reflected the lack of international support and the overwhelming challenge of battling
the British.  The early challenges faced by the Colonial army were to be expected from a
short term perspective in fighting the British.  It was only when the conditions of
battles such as Saratoga and Valley Forge when we start seeing the British plan of
attack begin to falter as the Colonists were able to make more use of international
support as well as knowledge of their own geography over the British use of
intelligence.  I think that the loss of Long Island and other setbacks in the early
phases of the war reflected this lack of understanding about how victory was to be
achieved as well as a lack of resources from the international
community.

Compare Jay Gatsby and George Wilson in The Great Gatsby.

Though Jay Gatsby and George Wilson are an unlikely pair
for comparison in The Great Gatsby, they actually have several
things in common.

First, both know what it's like to be
poor.  It's true that Gatsby has left those days behind them, but he was just as poor as
George--if not more so--at the beginning of his
life.

Second, both love a woman they can't have.  A poor
Jay Gatsby loves Daisy, a woman who embodies what it means to be rich.  He had no chance
of being with her at the time they fell in love.  A poor George Wilson fell in love with
and married a poor Myrtle Wilson; however, he never really had her love.  From their
wedding day, she was discontent and dissatisfied with her husband--the one who had to
borrow his wedding suit.  Wilson had no chance to win her love unless he made money,
which he didn't.

Third, both suffered heartbreak.  Gatsby's
was a lifetime of yearning and longing for Daisy, followed by a short interlude of love
with her, and ending with a tragic denial of the love he thought they shared.  Wilson's
was a kind of ignorance that Myrtle was so unhappy, followed by the tragic discovery
that she loved someone else (or at least was with someone else), and ending with her
sensational death.

Finally, they were both victims of
Tom and Daisy Buchanan's careless lifestyle.  Each of them lost their loves as well as
their own lives to this self-absorbed pair, with various tragic moments in
between.

Why does Sammy quit in "A&P"?

The answer above may be correct, but I do not think that
this is really what Sammy is thinking.  To me, he is not thinking about what he wants to
be in the future or anything like that.  When I read this story, I go back to being a
teenager and I know what I would have been thinking in Sammy's place -- I would have
been thinking that maybe I could impress these girls and get one or more of them
interested in me.

I think that teenage boys are (or at
least were in my day) way more interested in the slightest possibility of sex than in
what their future might hold.  Because of that, I think that Sammy is being purely
driven by hormones and mental pictures of Queenie, in particular" as his
girlfriend.

My only evidence for this (other than my own
memories) is this line:

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The girls, and who'd blame them, are in a hurry
to get out, so I say "I quit" to Lengel quick enough for them to hear, hoping they'll
stop and watch me, their unsuspected
hero.

What are the social and political statements the story implies?

The socio-economic, social, and political underpinning of
the story is focused in Miss Moore, who is a “cousin, mostly” who moved north along with
Sylvia’s family, and who now lives on the same block as the family. Miss Moore, who has
attended college, says, “it was only right that she should take responsibility for the
young ones’ education” (paragraph 1). According to Sylvia, Miss Moore is always
contriving “boring ass things” for the children to do (i.e., informal but guided
educational tours), and we may assume that the excursion to F.A.O. Schwarz, which in its
time was the quintessentially high-end toy store on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, is one of
these “things.” As a teacher, Miss Moore employs the Socratic method. Her method is to
demonstrate a situation, and then get the children to draw conclusions from
it.

Thus, as the children observe the toys, especially a
toy fiberglass sailboat selling “at one thousand one hundred ninety-five dollars”
(paragraph 25), their responses dramatize the economic inequality represented by the
price. The response of Sugar, Sylvia’s friend and roommate, is representative: “I think
… that this not much of a democracy if you ask me. Equal chance to pursue happiness
means an equal crack at the dough, don’t it?” (paragraph 51). All the dialogue, from
paragraph 11 to the story’s end, builds up to these conclusions.

What are the 2 theories for the collapse of the Mayan?following links are the article on the Mayans and the website as well, Lesson 6 Cracking the...

There are several theories for the collapse of the Maya.
None of them can be taken as the right one as different Mayan scholars have a different
opinion on each one of them and have found strengths and
weaknesses.

Two of the prominent ones
are:

Epidemic Theory: According to this the Maya cities
were struck by a disease which they did not have a cure against. This led to human death
on a large scale and those who survived left the cities and moved to other
lands.

Drought Theory: The Maya agriculture was dependent
on large scale irrigation from external water sources. Due to the disruption in supply
from many of these sources agriculture could not be carried out and people had to leave
the major cities.

How does dysthymia differ from major depression? How does cyclothymia differ from bipolar disorder?

Dysthymia is a depressive disorder but not as intense as
major depressive order. Here a person experiences feelings of hopelessness, low self
esteem and irritability in addition to sleep disorders, fatigue and eating disorders for
a part of the day but not constantly. In major depressive order however a very low mood
is present throughout the day for extended periods of time in everything that the
patient does. This also makes the patient committing suicide very
likely.

Cyclothymia again is a milder form of bipolar
disorder, though both are in the same family. The patient with cyclothymia has phases of
extreme euphoria, optimism, aggression, agitation, risk taking, etc. followed by periods
of very low esteem, pessimism, social withdrawal, etc. The same symptoms in an extreme
case would qualify to be diagnosed as bipolar disorder.

Characterize Sammy's style of telling his storyWhat do you learn about him from the kind of language he uses?

Sammy is your typical teenager. His audience is definitely
someone his own age whom he has no deference for and no preferential treatment in terms
of his use of words. He has poor diction, from what one can judge, and his choice of
language is quite simplistic and colloquial. He throws in plenty of jargon, and
expressions that denote lack of maturity, teenage angst, and a necessity to make his
point avidly, the way many teenagers would want to make when faced with a situation of
which they have little control. He describes the girl's breasts as "ice cream scoops",
and voices his anger against his manager each time he describes anything that has to do
with him.

You could certainly state that Updike did a great
job characterizing this young man's voice and language with that of a typical teen who
is almost whispering his thoughts to us, as if we were one of his
peers.

Write a brief introduction on Aeneas from Homer's Iliad.

Aeneas, the son of Aphrodite and the mortal Anchises, is
one of the most important Trojan warriors. Aeneas has two significant appearances in
Homer's Iliad. The first comes in Iliad
5.166-351, where he tries to make a stand against the Greek warrior Diomedes,
who is going on a major rampage. Homer says that "Aeneas would have died" if Aphrodite
would not have rescued him. So bold was Diomedes that he even attacked and wounded
Aphrodite.

Aeneas' next major appearance occurs in
Iliad 20. In this book, Apollo inspires a reluctant Aeneas to
battle Achilles. When the two warriors encounter one another, Achilles recalls how they
had met another time in battle, but that Aeneas was "saved by Zeus and the other gods"
(Kline translation). Once again, Achilles was on the verge of getting the best of
Aeneas, but the gods again intervene because, as Poseidon notes, "Aeneas is destined to
live on". Thus, Poseidon rescues Aeneas and whisks him away from the thick of the
battle.

As gcarden498 notes, Aeneas managed to survive the
fall of Troy and goes on to become one of the founders of Rome.

Do Potatoes have flowers?

The Potato plant can propagate by two ways, one is by the
use of tubers. In this, pieces of the tuber are planted separately and they grow into
complete plants. This is an asexual method of reproduction, where there is no change in
the genetic make-up of the parent plants and the new plants that grow from the
tubers.

Potato also produces flowers to reproduce sexually.
The flowers are white, pink, red, blue, or purple depending on the species and have
yellow stamens. Potato flowers are pollinated by insects as well as through self
pollination. After a flower has been pollinated, it produces small fruits which contain
the seeds. These seeds lead to the growth of potato plants which have a genetic make-up
that is different from that of the parents.

This is
essential for the survival of potato because as with any other species, without sexual
reproduction it would become more vulnerable over time, and would finally be
exterminated.

In Chemistry, what are elements?

An element with reference to the use of the word in
Chemistry is a substance that has only one type of atom and cannot be split further into
smaller stable components.

An element has atoms which
consist of electrons, protons and neutrons. Different elements are distinguished by the
number of protons they have in their nucleus. This is also called the atomic number.
Right now 118 different types of elements are known. 82 of these are found in nature and
the others have been created during radioactive reactions. Atoms of different elements
are the basic blocks of chemistry with atoms combining with each other to form
molecules.