The initial incident occurs when Lydia (the mother in the
story) first voices her concerns to her husband George about their children's spending
so much time in the interactive nursery. The conversation not only foreshadows that
something significant might happen in the nursery; it also sheds light on the reversal
of roles between parent and child that is beginning the family and on George's tendency
to disregard his wife's opinion.
Saturday, February 11, 2012
A classroom contained an equal number of boys and girls . 8 girls left to play hockey, leaving twice as many boys as girls in class room.What was...
We'll put the number of boys or girls as
x.
If 8 girls left to play hockey, the total number of
students is:
x-8
The number of
boys is twice the number of girls:
2(x-8) =
x
We'll remove the brackets and we'll
get:
2x - 16 = x
We'll
subtract x both sides and we'll add 16 both sides:
x =
16
The number of boys is 16 and the number of girls is also
16.
Initially, the total number of students
present in classroom is:
16+16
= 32.
What is the point of view of the ballad "Sir Patrick Spens" ?
The ballad tells the story of Sir Patrick Spens being
commissioned by the king of Scotland to go to Norway to bring the king's daughter home.
This trip resulted in the boat sinking, and Patrick Spens and all his men
drowning.
The ballad is told by an omniscient narrator who
recounts the king's search for the best sailor of the sea and the answer from his
knight: Sir Patrick Spens. The point of view then shifts to Spens when he opens the
letter from the king requesting that he sail the seas and his laugh in response, for he
knows that the seas are not safe to sail this time of
year.
Then the narrator shifts to an observer's view
describing the hats of the sailors floating in the sea, the same sailors who were loathe
to wet their shoes. And lastly the narration focuses on the ladies of the lords and
sailors who are waiting for their loved ones who will never
return.
What does Stanley learn about Blanche?it now mid-september and Blanche's birthday. stella has prepared party for her. stanley lets stella know...
There are plenty things that Stanley finds out about
Blanche:
First, that she had a very bad reputation at
Laurel where she kept a room in a hotel where she was staying after leaving Belle Reeve.
We know that she ran a form of brothel out of her room in that a lot of men kept keys to
her room and she entertained them, presumably sexually, for
money.
Second, he knew that she had lost Belle Reeve do to
her own misjudgements, and that she was a destitute. There were no rich friends, nor any
social merit that would make Blanche seem respectable in
society.
Third, he found out about her shameful firing from
the school district when it was found out that she was having sex with a high school
student while she was teaching. This, left her marked for
good.
Hence, what Stanley found out was who was the real
Blanche, and how she had made up an image about herself which now he realizes was a
made up tale. And this was a great weapon for Stanley to knock her out of the
scene.
Friday, February 10, 2012
I need quotes by Mr. Underwood from To Kill a Mockingbird.Please include chapter numbers.
Although Mr. Underwood, the editor of the local paper, is
a minor character in the book and is almost never directly quoted, his ideas are
extremely significant in undertanding the events that take place in Maycomb concerning
Tom Robinson. In Chapter 25, he writes about the trial that has just taken place, and
Scout relates the jist of what he is saying without actually quoting his words. Scout
says, that Mr. Underwood
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"didn't talk about miscarriages of justice, he
was writing so children could understand. Mr. Underwood simply figured it was a sin to
kill cripples, be they standing, sitting, or escaping. He likened Tom's death to the
senseless slaughter of songbirds by hunters and
children."
After pondering
upon Mr. Underwood's words for awhile, Scout comes to an understanding of what he is
trying to say. Mr. Underwood means that
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"Atticus had used every tool available to free
men to save Tom Robinson, but in the secret courts of men's hearts Atticus had no case.
Tom was a dead man the minute Mayella Ewell opened her mouth and
screamed."
Despite the lack
of direct quotes attributed to Mr. Underwood, he apparently is a man who can be quite
garrulous. In Chapter 15, on the night that Atticus holds vigil over Tom Robinson,
trying to ensure his safety by sitting in front of the jail, Scout notes that "it seemed
that Atticus and Mr. Underwood would talk for the rest of the night." Just previously, a
mob had come to take the law into their own hands, only to be defused by the innocent
talk of Scout, who appeals successfully to their individual sense of decency. When the
incident is over, Mr. Underwood comes out and says the only words directly quoted by him
that I could find. Mr. Underwood, holding a double-barreled shotgun, calls out after
Atticus tells Tom the men won't be bothering him
anymore,
"You're damn tootin' they won't. Had you
covered all the time, Atticus."
Find the perimeter & area of triangle ABC, whose vertices are A(-4,-2), B(8,-2) & C(2,6). Find the length of the perpendicular from A to BC.
A(-4,-2) B(8,-2) C(2,6)
let
us calculate the length of the sides:
AB = sqrt[(8--4)^2 +
(-2--2)^2]= sqrt(12^2)= 12
AC= sqrt[(2--4)^2 + (6--2)^2]=
sqrt(100) = 10
BC= sqrt[(2-8)^2 + (6--2)^2]= sqrt(100)=
10
We notice that ABS is an isosceles
triangle.
The perimeter (P) = AB + AC + BC=
12+ 10 + 10 = 32
Since it is an isosceles,
where AC = BC
==> let the perpendicular line from C
on AB divides AB in midpoint
Let D be the
midpoint,
==> AD = BD = 12/2=
6
But :
AD^2 = AC^2 -
CD^2
= 100- 36 =
64
==> The perpendicular line from C
to AB (AD) = 8
The area of the triangle =
(1/2)*AD* AB
=
(1/2)*8*12= 48
The area (a) =
48
What are the personalities of the characters in "The Veldt," written by Ray Bradbury?
Authors develop characters through such methods as
description, dialogue, other characters' reactions and comments, and the characters'
thoughts, feelings, and speeches and actions.
From what one
reads, then, Lydia and George Hadley of Ray Bradbury's "The Veldt" are much like many
contemporary parents: lenient, disconnected from their children, and ineffective and
indecisive in their parenting. With nothing to do in their Happylife Home, the Hadleys
have no chores for their children, and there is no need to engage in play with them
because they have the nursery. Into this nursery, Wendy and Peter--ironically named for
characters in Peter Pan--spend their time creating their own
amusements. If there is anything to their relationship with their parents, it is
antagonism.
For instance, when George and Lydia become
concerned about what is occurring in the nursery after they are chased out by a virtual
lion, George decides that he will shut off the house, telling his children. Then, Peter
disrespectfully tells his father, "I don't think you'd better consider it any more,
Father." Rebelliously, the children break back into the nursery after George closes it
and tells them to stay out. After this incident, George talks with a psychologist since
he cannot decide what to do on his own. Finally, when George does decide to shut off the
house, the children "with wet faces" plead with him; to quiet them, George weakens and
listens to his permissive wife who entreats him, "Oh, George,...it can't hurt [to turn
on the nursery for a few minutes].
Wondering why they had
ever bought the "nightmare" of the nursery, his wife replies, "Pride, money,
foolishness." These characteristics have been their nemesis, as by allowing the
children a few minutes, the nursery is changed to an African veldtland and the parents
are attacked by beasts and killed. When the psychologist arrives, Wendy and Peter in
their sociopathic unconcern at murdering their parents are polite and act civilized,
offering David McClean a cup of tea.
Thursday, February 9, 2012
What were the purposes of the Bill of Rights and the Declaration of the Rights of Man?
In the most broad of senses, both documents seek to
establish the universal entitlements of all men. Both arise from the Enlightenment
ideals that that there certain elements that must be endowed to all men because it is
within their natural state of being. Both documents speak to this truth and establish
an understanding of who individuals are and how their governing bodies must approach
them. For example, the Declaration of the Rights of Man stresses that individuals
possess an entitlement of freedom of speech and a state of being in the world that
precludes arbitrary arrest. The Bill of Rights argues the same ideas in constructive
language that firmly embeds such entitlements in the framework of American government.
In both documents, the reality seeking to be implemented is one where there is a firm
understanding that a sphere to prevent government or external intrusion is
constructed.
What did the Spanish call Tenotchtitlan? Why?Please watch the following short movie about Aztec Civilization of South America (about 10 minutes)...
When the Spanish came to Tenochtitlan, they called it the
Venice of the Americas. It was a very large city and was exceeded in size only by Paris,
Venice and Constantinople. The city had large buildings, a great infrastructure
crisscrossed by canals that provided a means of
transportation.
There were five lakes that had been
interconnected and dikes built to keep the sea water out. There were bridges that
interconnected the lakes and served many other important
purposes.
There were large marketplaces, the biggest of
which had over 40,000 people trading every day.
The
impressive masonry made Tenochtitlan a city that was admired by the Spanish conquers who
found it matching in stature to the largest cities in Europe.
Tuesday, February 7, 2012
What is the criteria for selecting a research problem ? My question relates to Research Methodology.
In selecting your research problem (or question/topic),
consider an area of study that first, interests you so that you do not become bored with
the research process. It must be a topic you can grasp and understand about which others
have not exhausted all possible elements of research. Be sure to check the literature on
the subject to determine if there is still anything left to research on the topic. Scan
for resources as well, to insure that there are available sources of
information.
Once you have taken these steps, consider the
topic's importance to society. Is there a need for research on the topic? If so, you
will probably need to narrow the topic to a manageable area of study. Be careful not to
leave the topic so broad that you cannot cover it nor so narrow that there is not enough
to research.
Write a specific question that will be your
over-arching research problem and a few sub-questions to guide your research. In your
questions, define the problem concisely in a way that others can
understand.
Research methodology refers to research based
on a set of principles or rules. For example, you will need to decide on the process for
your research. Does your topic lend itself to a quantitative (a deductive process that
seeks generalizations leading to predictions) or qualitative (an inductive process that
seeks patterns and theories) process? Perhaps your research topic requires a mixture of
both.
What do you mean by 'Research Design' ?My posted question is related with Research Methodology Subject.
Research design is the description of the overall
structure of the intended research identifying the various element or components of
research, the type of each element, and how these elements relate to each other. The
purpose of research design is to select and define the overall structure and methods of
intended research that will enable us to answer the initial research question
effectively and efficiently.
The research design provides
answer to questions like the following:
- Type of
research - such as qualitative, quantitative or
exploratory. - Research methods to be used - such as
laboratory experiment, field survey, and case
study. - Typical design of
experiments. - Method of data collection - such as
observation, questionnaire, or interview. - Nature of data
analysis.
Is there any grotesque elements or qualities in the story Fleur by Louise Erdrich
Louise Erdrich uses magical realism to describe life in
the here and now an in between. Here Anglo and Chippewa Indian culture collide on the
American prairie sometime in the 1920s. Erdrich’s style of magical realism more nearly
resembles the style of Latin American writers like Gabriel GarcÃa Márquez and Jorge Luis
Borges who both incorporate the magic, mythic, and religious histories of a culture with
the events of everyday life.The result is a broader and, in some ways, a more accurate
and encompassing representation of the essence of a
community.
Grotesque elements might be in the form
of description of the mysterious Fleur Pillager, starting with her name. Fleur means
flower in French; it is also associated with the fleur-de-lis, the armorial insignia for
French nobility. Pillager is one who pillages, takes things with destructive force, as
in a war. As a Pillager, she is already accorded cunning and certain power, but Fleur
stands particularly close to the thin edge that divides the spirit world from the human,
physical one. Look at Fleur’sappearance, her relationship with Misshepeshu, the legends
that spring up around her. From this vantage point, she recognizes the power of Fleur:
somehow Pauline knows that Fleur’s “fifth toes were missing,” and she remarks ofthe men
at the slaughterhouse that
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“[t]hey were blinded, they were stupid, they only
saw her in the flesh.”
While
she initially fears Fleur, motherless Pauline comes to adore her for the attention
Fleurpays her. Pauline’s insight into the nature of Fleur’s and Chippewa beliefs turns a
story of gambling,revenge-rape, and a “fair-minded” tornado into a clash of cosmic
forces.
Write two of sentences, each one containing introductory and internal participial phrases.Example: My father's hair, streaked with gray and...
Lets first start by remembering that a particple phrase is
always used as an adjective and is uses an -ing verb or a past tense verb form to
start. In your example sentence, the words streaked and receding are the participles
that introduce the rest of the phrase (and illustrate both types of verb forms that can
be used.)
Here are a couple more examples of each. First
are two that use an introductory participle phrase to modify the subject of the sentece
that immediately follows the phrase.
Ex. Running wildly
for the bus, Susie barely made it on time.
Ex. Shredded
beyond repair, the jeans finally had to be replaced.
Here
are couple of examples of the phrase coming in the middle of the sentence (internal
example).
Ex. Susie, running wildly, jumped on the bus at
the last minute.
Ex. The jeans, shredded at the knees and
faded, had to be replaced.
The value of learning about
participle phrases is that they can easily be used to make your writing more interesting
and your sentence patterns more varied. Your descriptive language can have a place of
prominance at the start of the sentence, or can be regarded as less essential when it is
set off with commas in the middle of a sentence. You can combine both to create an
interesting and complex thought.
Monday, February 6, 2012
Identify the speaker, recipient, and signficance of this line from "Antigone":"We are only women."
Ismene tells her sister Antigone, "We are only women."
Antigone has revealed to her sister that she plans to bury the body of their brother
Polyneices, and she wants to know if Ismene will help her. Antigone believes that it is
the right thing to follow the laws of the gods, and she wants to honor the life of her
brother by burying him. Ismene, on the other hand, believes that it is more important
to follow the laws of men, and she does not want to get into trouble and be punished for
burying the body. Creon has ordered that the body remain in the street for carrion to
take it away, and he says that anyone who tries to move it will be executed. Ismene
tells her sister that "we are only women" because she is following the traditional
social order of their culture--men make the laws and women do not have the right or
power to challenge these laws. The line is significant because it sets the line of
conflict in the play--to follow the laws of the gods or of men.
Friday, February 3, 2012
Analyze "Night Sounds."
The poem is confessional, with the speaker, a woman,
baring her soul, expressing the terror that comes to her at night, and lamenting the
loss of her love and the onset of loneliness, admitting that she is altering “our
history” to justify the breakup by stating that her loved one, even when things seemed
good, was always “withholding something.” We may presume that the “you” of the poem is
the departed husband, or lover. The speaker closes with reminiscences of “lovely times”
when no was met with affirmation. In the present time, however, she contrasts her fear
with lost love, her cries with no answers, her silence with only distant voices. The
words all suggest that the speaker’s circumstances have changed, and that everything she
now experiences is “tinged” with weeping and nightmares, terror or sentimental reliving
of a better past. The use of participles indicates ongoing situations of the past and
the present. The participles “coaxing,” “withholding,” “trying,” and “feigning” are all
in the past, and these are consistent with the presently perceived imperfections in the
relationship. The participles “living” and “weeping” are descriptive of the speaker’s
present condition, both indicating the difficulties she is now
experiencing.
Thursday, February 2, 2012
What is one example of a symbol or metaphor in "The Lives of the Heart"?
Many readers may initially find the poem overwhelming
because of the swiftness and range of the symbolism, similes, and metaphors. Line 14,
for only one example, takes a rapid journey that might leave readers breathless to catch
up: “Rise up as cities, as serpentined magma, as maples.” Readers will need to supply
ideas about why the lives of the heart may bring people together in large cities.
Similarly, to compare the lives of the heart with magma suggests that there are
incredibly powerful forces at work within individuals, which at times may erupt, just as
a volcano erupts. But one of the end results of such eruptions is serpentined rock,
which may serve ultimately as the basis of sculpture, and more broadly, of art--this can
be a stretch for readers to see. “Maples” suggests the harvesting and manufacture of
syrup, which brings out the idea of sweetness, and of constructive thought. It may take
readers a little time to follow such a line, which is typical of the depth of mind
exhibited by Hirshfield. She does not invite passivity from her readers, but active and
engaged involvement.
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Act 5 What secret knowledge does Prospero choose not to reveal to all members of the king's party?
There are actually at least a couple of different bits of
knowledge that Prospero withholds from various members of the royal party at various
times in Act V. So I am not sure which one you are asking
about.
At the start of the act, for example, he has
concealed from all of them that he is actually Prospero, whom they know. Later on,
Prospero conceals from all of them (and especially the king) the fact that Ferdinand is
still alive and well.
But I think maybe what you are
thinking of is the fact that Prospero does not tell the king about what Sebastian and
Antonio have done. He does not tell the king that those two have been plotting against
him.
Instead of a firehouse dog, like a dalmatian, each firehouse now has a mechanical hound. Describe it.
The hound is like a robotic dog. Like a dog, the hound
can track people by smell. It is programmed by the firemen to track someone based on
their body chemistry. The hound is used to track down fugitives. It is equipped with a
long needle that it can use to inject its victims with to immobilize
them.
Bradburn describes the hound in the following
passage.
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"...brass and the copper and the steel of the
faintly trembling beast. Light flickered on bits of ruby glass and on sensitive
capillary hairs in the nylon-brushed nostrils of the creature that quivered gently,
gently, gently, its eight legs spidered under it on rubber-padded
paws."
Montag has several
encounters with the hound. The time readers learn of the hound is when it growls at
Montag in the firehouse. Later after he burns Beatty, the hound attacks him and injects
his leg. He is able to escape, the firemen send another hound after him. Faber, and
later Granger, help him to change his scent to lose the hound.