What are preferential shares?

Shares in the question refers to the shares of joint stock
company. These shares are of two basic types - preferential shares and ordinary shares -
depending upon the rights of voting in matters related to management of the company, and
of receiving dividend. Preferential shares get a preference over the ordinary shares in
receiving dividend. However, the preferential shares do not carry any voting rights. The
preferential shares receive dividends at a fixed rate, while ordinary stocks receive
dividends that is decided from time to time this dividend can be lower or higher than
the fixed dividend on the preferential shares. However dividend on ordinary shares can
be paid only after that on preferential shares has been
paid.

The preferential shares are of two types cumulative
and non-cumulative. For non-cumulative preferential shares, no dividend is payable on
them when company makes no profit. In the cumulative preferential shares the dividend is
payable in all years, irrespective of profit or loss made by the company. However, when
the company makes a loss the dividend is not paid immediately. It is paid in subsequent
years when the company makes profit. No dividend can be paid on ordinary shares till the
total amount of cumulative dividend due is paid on the cumulative preferential
shares.

In Pride and Prejudice, Jane Austen was clearly commenting on marriage, but what is her view?Marriage in the 18th and 19th centuries was seen as...

A short answer to this question about Austen's view of
marriage is inadequate for the reason of (1) Jane Austen's ironic authorial voice in
close proximity to the narrative (as opposed to a distant authorial voice that doesn't
comment on the narrative) and for the reason that (2) Austen follows the Greek and
Renaissance mimetic theory that literature should present all aspects of the issue being
explored: i.e., all views about love and marriage. For theses two reasons, it takes
thought to sort Austen's view out from her myriad ironic comments and to settle upon
which idea(s) of love and marriage she identifies in the end of the story as the view(s)
she considers to be the most suitable.

Elizabeth might be
suspected of being the spokesperson for Austen's view of marriage, but Elizabeth goes
through some significant character development so that her views at the end of the novel
are not her views from the beginning of the novel. Jane might be
suspected of representing Austen's view but Jane comes in for well founded criticism on
points that nearly lead her to sabotage her own happiness--in fact, for a short time do
cause her to sabotage her own happiness. While it is clear that the minor female
characters (Mary, Kitty, Lydia, Miss Bingley) and the mother figures are the
representation of views that Austen does not hold with, it
is harder to see Austen's view in relation to Charlotte, since Elizabeth does come to
take a different view of Charlotte's marriage to Mr. Collins after her own
misadventures; although Austen never lets Mr. Collins off the hook of
disapproval.

Austen does make clear her view that avarice
and greed and vanity in motives of marriage are woefully wrong through characters like
Miss Bingley and Lady De Bourgh and Mr. Collins. She also clearly rejects the
unreasoned, reckless and harmful approaches to marriage of Lydia, Mary, Kitty and
Wickham.

In the end of the story, Elizabeth has learned
that infatuation, as hers for Wickham, does not make the foundation for marriage. She
has also learned that superficial knowledge of an individual cannot make the foundation
of a decision for or against marriage, as her marriage to Darcy proves. She has further
learned to take a gentler view of the needs to marry--or not marry--for independence and
self-fulfillment, as in the cases of Charlotte and Fitzwilliam. In the final result,
Elizabeth comes to agree quite well with the position presented by her Aunt Gardener,
who advocates a rational, practical approach to potential marriage partners and
marriage.

Therefore, Austen's view can be identified in
what she denounces, e.g., Lydia, Wickham, etc., and in the developed end form of whom
she presents as admirable; i.e., Elizabeth, Jane, Charlotte, Fitzwilliam, Darcy, Aunt
and Uncle Gardener, Mr. Bingley, and in the lessons Elizabeth
learns.

What might the narrator's "perverseness" be?

In addition to the narrator's use of alcohol and his fight
with alcoholism, Poe has his narrator describe “perverseness” in some detail. This is an
added dimension to the narrator’s motivation. A reader might point out that the word
means “to make a complete about face,” “to turn the wrong way” (per = complete, and
vertere = to turn). Readers will enjoy deciphering  the meaning of this characteristic
as applied to the narrator’s actions, because Poe does not specifically state what those
actions entail and he does not explicitly state what that perverseness is,
though a reader may conjecture that it is definitely evil or dark and terrible in
consequence.

Prove cosx/(1-tanx) - cosx = sin x - sinx/(1-cotx)

For the beginning, we'll re-arrange the terms of the
given expression:

cos x/(1-tan x) - cos x = sin x - sin
x/(1-cot x)

sin x + cos x = cos x/(1-tan x) + sin x/(1-cot
x)

We'll re-write the terms from the left side of the
given expression:

cos x/(1-tan x) = cos x/(1- sin x/cos
x)

cos x/(1- sin x/cos x) = cos x/[(cos x-sin x)/cos
x]

cos x/[(cos x-sin x)/cos x] = (cos x)^2/(cos x-sin x)
(1)

We'll re-write the terms from the right side of the
given expression:

sin x/(1-cot x) = sin x/(1- cos x/sin
x)

sin x/(1- cos x/sin x) = (sin x)^2/(sin x-cos x)
(2)

We'll add (1) and
(2):

(cos x)^2/(cos x-sin x) + (sin x)^2/(sin x-cos x) =
(cos x)^2/(cos x-sin x) - (sin x)^2/(cos x-sin x)

(cos
x)^2/(cos x-sin x) - (sin x)^2/(cos x-sin x) = [(cos x)^2-(sin x)^2]/(cos x-sin
x)

We'll re-write the difference of
squares:

(cos x)^2-(sin x)^2 = (cos x - sin x)(cos x + sin
x)

The left side of the expression will
become:

(cos x - sin x)(cos x + sin x)/(cos x-sin
x)

We'll reduce the like
terms:

(cos x - sin x)(cos x + sin x)/(cos
x-sin x) = cos x + sin x

For which one of the following reason he went down in language skill. A second grader (ESL) missed months of classes for chronic illness. As a...

While I believe that this second-grade student missed a
great deal in all three areas, I would select number two as the correct
response.

My reasoning for this is as
follows:

"Content-area lessons" are not designed to teach
language. Language is necessary to better understand them, but the intent is to convey
core knowledge to the student. And while his skills may be supported by working with the
language in these lessons, much is based upon what the teacher shares/teaches, and the
rest in how she/he manages to get the students to become engaged for better
understanding and recall of the core
material.

"Opportunities to learn" is much like content
area lessons. Learning is the basic focus in the classroom, in providing opportunities
to learn. The opportunities can be passive or interactive, but once
again, unless they are language lessons to specifically speak to the needs of an ESL
student, the results will be the same: not centralized to the language needs of that ESL
student.

"Lack of peer interaction" would be my greatest
concern. In working or playing with peers, the second-grade student is practicing his
language skills all the time: whether he is processing what is said to him or around
him, or constructing language (choosing vocabulary, etc.) to communicate with his peers,
language is the key component. It is  not secondary to another agenda.  Learning math or
science is the priority. Learning English, even, is not learning the language, but how
to USE the language in writing, etc.

However, interacting
with English-speaking peers takes the pressure off the student to be learning other
things while using language, and allows him to work on his skills for as long as he is
with his peers.  This would be what would cause my greatest concern for a struggling ESL
student: to lack the ability to learn and put language skills to work by practicing on a
regular basis.  It is the repetition of a skill that best promotes its
mastery.

Where can you find symbolism emerge in Chapters 6 and 7 of the novel, A Separate Peace?i need one example from symbolism from both chapters a nd if...

In Chapter Five of John Knowles's A Separate
Peace, the Summer Session has ended, a session in which some rules were
suspended and forgotten and the atmosphere was more relaxed.  Now it is the Winter
Session and Gene mentions, "Still it had come to an end" in reference to the summer
term. The Summer Session symbolizes the carefree youth of the boys while the Winter
Session represents the reposibilities of adulthood and the encroaching war. Reinforcing
this symbolism, Gene hears the hymn "Dear Lord and Father of Mankind Forgive Our Foolish
Ways," a song suggestive of the harm that Gene has caused Phineas.  A few of the
teachers are missing, but Mr. Pike returns for the day in his Naval ensign's uniform,
symbolizing the reality of the war, always a symbol of conflict and
enmity.

Later, Gene stops at the footbridge to the two
rivers at Devon; looking upstream, Gene remembers Finny's accident.  But, he remembers
Finny in one of his "favorite tricks" with the canoe.  "Feeling refreshed," Gene goes on
tothe Crew House beside the tidewater river below the dam.  The second river, unlike the
one in which the boys played, suggests the change to a darker
time:

ugly,
saline, fringed with marsh, mud and seaweed.  A few miles away it was joined to the
ocean, so that its movements were governed by unimaginable
factors....

Now in this
chapter and the subsequent ones such as Chapter Seven, Gene feels himself symbolically
out of the freshness and innocence of the water and the Summer Session.  Instead, he has
encountered the ugliness of jealousy and conflict, symbolized the the dirty river; he
finds himself in an uncomfortable position with Quakenbush, who knows nothing about him,
but accuses him of maiming Finny.  Quakenbush's name seems symbolic of what he is, a
repugnant clod, disliked by all.

The heavy snow in Chapter
Seven that "paralyzed the railroad yards, symbolizes the personality problems of Leper,
who himself says, "Well, I'm not going anywhere."  Also, Leper
searches for a beaver dam, symbolizing a search for a desperate attempt to dam the war
and its effect from encroaching into their
world.

When Gene talks with Finny, Finny insists
that he play sports, but Gene perceives the rough, agressive game of football as
symbolic of the actions of war.

In an election 8%of the votrs didnt cast their votes.the winner by obtaining 52%of the total votes(cast+non cast)defeated his sole rival by...

We are given that in the election 8% of the voters did not
vote. Let the total number of eligible voters be N. So the number of people who voted is
N*(1-.08) = 0.92*N .

Now the winner has 52% of the total
votes that could be cast or the number of votes he has is
0.52*N

The loser got the rest of the votes, so he got
(0.48-.08)*N= 0.4*N of the votes.

Now the number of votes
that the winner got is 120 more than the loser, so 0.52*N - 0.4*N =
120

Hence N*( 0.52 - 0.4) =
120

=> N = 120 /
.12

=> N = 1000

As the
winner got 52% of these votes the number of votes he got is 0.52*1000=
520

The winner got 520
votes.

What is the "Germ Theory of Disease"?

Germ Theory of Disease is a theory in
biology which tells us that diseases are not spontaneously generated but caused by
micro-organisms / microbes, commonly known as 'germs'. These germs multiply to cause and
aggravate diseases in living beings. This theory is taken to be the cornerstone of
medicine and microbiological researches, leading to innovations in the field of
anti-biotics.

It was Louis Pasteur who discovered that most
infectious diseases are caused by 'germs'. He also invented the immunizing method,
Pasteurization, named after him. Of course, in
Atharvaveda, an old Hindu sacred text, it was told that diseases
are due to living causative agents such as yatudhanya, kimidi, krimi
and durnama.Since Pasteur and his successors like Koch
and Flemming the theory has been a great contribution to modern medicine and
microbiology, a refutation of the idea of spontaneous
generation.

What is the significance of the waiting room scene?

The discussion in the waiting room brings out the young
man’s militancy and the minister’s endurance. After the minister leaves, the high point
of this conflict is reached in paragraphs 220–230, particularly the young man’s question
to the nearby lady, “Name me one right that you have. One right, granted by the
Constitution, that you can exercise in Bayonne.” It is such radicalism, the story
suggests, that may become a wave of the future. Certainly the young boy, James,
immediately identifies with the young man’s character and ideas (paragraph 185). That
the minister strikes the young man demonstrates that anger and misunderstanding keep
people apart even when they should be allies (paragraphs 165–170). The young man’s
turning the other cheek therefore does not deter the minister from using force, but
rather encourages it.

Discuss this quotation from Chapter 2 of The Sun Also Rises: Nobody ever lives their life all the way up except bullfighters.How does this...

The quotation about bullfighters highlights the extreme
danger and risk that bullfighters undertake in performing their art. Jake says these
words in response to Robert's lament that his life "is going so fast and (he's) not
really living it." A bullfighter lives his life constantly on the edge, risking his
well-being and indeed his very life everytime he goes up against a bull, achieving the
ultimate thrill. Jake is saying that no one can match a bullfighter in sustaining this
constant state of intensity, which he equates with living one's life "all the way
up."

That Jake should bring up this analogy about
bullfighting in his conversation with Robert out of the clear blue indicates that he has
a deep interest in bullfighting, and has thought deeply about what it entails. Jake's
reference to bullfighting and its significance foreshadows that bullfighting will play
an important role in the life of the character and the development of the
narrative.

It is actually Robert at this point who feels
that life must be lived to the fullest; Jake, on his part, is "through worrying" about
such things. Robert, on the other hand, has a romantic nature and is inspired by what he
reads in books to get the most out of life. He says, "Don't you ever get the feeling
that all your life is going by and you're not taking advantage of it?" Robert is
thirty-five, and feels he has already lived half his life and has nothing to show for
it. He wants to experience as much as he can in life before he
dies.

The "Lost Generation" sees little hope for the
future. Caught in a wasteland in the aftermath of war, they are pessimistic and find
life to be empty and directionless. With nothing to look forward to, they resort to a
hedonistic way of living, seeking to satisfy their immediate needs and longings, because
nothing else has value, and they can see no other purpose to their
lives.

What specific events in the play of Macbeth show an individual suffering from despair?

In Act V, Scene 1 of William Shakespeare's
Macbeth, secure in his castle at Dunsinane, Macbeth prepares for
battle.  His servant enters and tells Macbeth of the multitudes of the English force
that march toward the castle.  Macbeth berates the servant for his cowardice; however,
his bravado conceals his inner despair.  In a declaration that the forthcoming attack
will either give him the throne or kill him, there is evident in his speech the shadows
of his increasing despair:

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Seyton!--I am sick at
heart.

When I behold--Seyton, I say!--This
push

Will cheer me ever, or disseat me
now.

I have lived long enough.  My way of
life

Is fall'n into the sear, the yellow
leaf,

And that which should accompany of old
age,

As honor, love, obedience, troops of
friends,

I must not look to have; but, in their
stead,

Curses no loud but deep, mouth-honor,
breath,

Which the poor heart would fain deny, and dare not.
(5.3.21-31) 

This despair
reaches a crescendo when Macbeth learns that his wife has died.  Like the melancholic
Hamlet, Macbeth, in a brown study, reflects on the brevity of life and its existential
absurdity:

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Tomorrow and tomorroe, and
tomorrow

Creeps in this petty pace from day to
day,...

And all our yeterdays have lighted
fools

The way to dusty
death....

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor
player

That struts and frets his hour uon the
stage

And then is heard no more.  It is a
tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and
fury

Signifying nothing.
(5.5.19-30)

As though in
defiance of this despair, Macbeth yet displays his courage and heads into battle; ever
the admirable warrior, Macbeth declares bravely, "I will not
yield."

What elements of today's American culture can one trace to the time period represented in The Crucible?

The Puritan work ethic of the time is still very evident
today.  Puritans in 17th century Salem believed hard work kept the devil away.  In the
modern day, Americans work more hours per week and take less vacation than almost any
other society on Earth.

The Puritans were fundamentalists
on the Bible and Christianity.  While there is no organized Puritan Church these days,
there are many variants of fundamentalist Biblical Christianity, and the country on the
whole is still quite religious.

One could also argue our
society is still very reactive to fear, and are willing to ignore civil liberties and
legal rights in exchange for at least the perception of security.  In Salem, they were
willing to sell out innocent friends to save their own skins.  Today, Americans are
willing to give up the free speech and association rights of their countrymen in order
to apprehend terrorists.

Do you think John Milton is a metaphysical poet?

The Metaphysical movement, which is said to have begun at
the start of the seventeenth century (1600s), preceded and overlapped John Milton's
writing career as he was born in 1608 and some of his earliest notable works were
written while in Cambridge around 1625-1626. Lists of Metaphysical poets include John
Donne (1572 – 1631), the most notable of all metaphysical poets, George Herbert (1593 –
1633) and Andrew Marvell (1621 – 1678), who was younger than and secretary to John
Milton, but exclude John Milton.

According to the Academy
of American Poets, href="http://www.poets.org/viewmedia.php/prmMID/5662">Metaphysical poets
established a poetic mode that sought to unify thought and feeling in a meditational
style and to employ reason in delving into philosophical and spiritual subjects they
addressed in poetry. As the leader of the metaphysical poets, Donne centered
his poetry on his personal spirituality as it interacted with realism in describing
intimacy and with his analysis of what is now called human psychology. Though Milton
isn't labeled as a Metaphysical poet, his stylistics share commonality with
metaphysicalists on at least two points.

Firstly, Milton
adapted his religious beliefs to suit his own understandings and held a spiritual view
that reflected monism as he had adopted an animist materialist point of view. This
spiritual belief held that everything from angels to souls to bodies to stones is
composed of one single substance. Milton therewith solves the problem of mechanistic
determinism attributed to Hobbes and the duality of mind and body described by Plato and
Descartes.

Secondly, animist materialism, an approach to
philosophical and spiritual questions from a heterodoxly reasoned point of view, is a
key component of Milton's greatest work, Paradise Lost, while the
legions of Satan both eat and engage in acts of intimacy. These features of Milton's
work indicate an influence from the Metaphysical school, although critics don't
acknowledge Milton as one of the metaphysicalists.

One
reason that Milton is excluded is that while Milton shared at least these two points
with them, he was also intently focused on the practicalities of political and social
reform commentary as is confirmed by the pamphlets he wrote on many controversial topics
such as advocacy of divorce, opposition to episcopacy (church governance by hierarchy)
and opposition to reestablishing the monarchy.

What are some examples of the Southern Gothic elements in "A Rose for Emily"?I have to write a 5 page essay on the Southern Gothic elements in "A...

"A Rose for Emily" is a classic example of Southern Gothic
fiction, and it sports most of the specific features usually identified with the genre.
Southern Gothic fiction (as well as traditional Gothic
literature)

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relies on supernatural, ironic, or unusual events
to guide the plot.

Unlike
traditional Gothic literature, Southern Gothic
fiction

uses
these tools not for the sake of suspense, but to explore social issues and reveal the
cultural character of the American
South.

Other specifics to the
genre include the use of antebellum characteristics; a woman in need of help; a heroic
man; the grotesque; strong egos; and, often, racial
bigotry.

"A Rose for Emily" includes nearly all of these
examples. Irony is found throughout and there are several unusual events pertinent to
the plot and climax. It is set in an old Southern town where the Civil War is still
remembered by many of the living. Emily lives in an old, ante-bellum home (old, dark
houses being a traditional gothic element), and is decidedly a strong-willed woman as
well as a "damsel in distress," though, perhaps not in the traditional sense. More than
one of her actions appear as highly grotesque. Homer Barron appears as the would-be
hero.

log 2x - log 5 = 1

We'll add log 5 both
sides:

log 2x - log 5 + log 5 = 1 + log
5

log 2x = log 10 + log
5

We'll use the product property, for the  sum from the
right side:

log 2x = log
50

We'll subtract log 50 both
sides:

log 2x - log 50 =
0

We'll use the quotient property of the
logarithms:

log 2x/50 =
0

2x/50 = 10^0

We'll cross
multiply:

2x = 1*50

We'll
divide by 2:

x = 25

Since x is
positive, the equation has the solution x=25.

What are some words with negative connotations found in "Dulce Et Decorum Est", and how do they help to instill the poem's overall theme?

Words with a negative connotation in the poem are:
beggars, knock-kneed, coughing, hags, sludge, haunting, trudge, limped, blod-shod,
drunk, fatigue - and those are just in the first stanza of the poem by Wilfred Owen. 
Owen's poem shows the contradiction of the title which means, in essence,  it is sweet
and meet that one should die for one's country.  While the title indicates that there is
great honor in giving up one's life to fight for one's country, the poem itself shows
the gritty reality of war - the exhaustion, the dirt, the blood, the suffering endured. 
The poem describes in grim detail a gas attack and its effects.  By using the words with
negative connotations, Owen makes the harshness of war clear.  He uses words like
clumsy, drowning, helpless, smothering, obscene, cancer, bitter, and desperate because
these present a more vivid picture to the reader.

What are three descriptive quotes describing both Lennie's and George's character in Chapter 1 of the book Of Mice and Men?

What is key to the presentation of both George and Lennie
in Chapter 1 is the animal imagery that Steinbeck uses to describe them, and, more
importantly, the relationship between them. Consider the first description we are given
of their differences:

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The first man was small and quick, dark of face,
with restless eyes and sharp, strong features. Every part of him was defined: small,
strong hands, slender arms, a thin and bony nose. Behind him walked his opposite, a huge
man, shapeless of face, with large, pale eyes, with wide, sloping shoulders; and he
walked heavily, dragging his feet a little, the way a bear drags his paws. His arms did
not swing at his sides, but hung
loosely.

Firstly, the fact
that George leads the way is highly significant. Lennie is a character who always
follows and never leads. The description of Lennie as a bear indicates both his
incredible strength, but also the low level of intelligence that he has. These
impressions are confirmed as the chapter progresses. For example, when Lennie throws
himself down to drink from a pool with "long gulps, snorting into the water like a
horse" it is George who has to stop him from making himself sick. Also note the use of
animal imagery again to describe Lennie. Steinbeck refers to Lennie's hands as "paws" in
this chapter, reinforcing the bear-like imagery, and always we see George in the role of
protector and carer of Lennie - although he is smaller than George, it is he who has the
brains.

Integrate (sinx)^3 .

We'll write the function as a
product:

(sinx)^3 = (sinx)^2*sin
x

We'll integrate both
sides:

Int (sinx)^3dx = Int [(sinx)^2*sin
x]dx

We'll write (sinx)^2  = 1 -
(cosx)^2

Int [(sinx)^2*sin x]dx = Int [(1 - (cosx)^2)*sin
x]dx

We'll remove the
brackets:

Int [(1 - (cosx)^2)*sin x]dx  = Int sin xdx - Int
(cosx)^2*sin xdx

We'll solve Int (cosx)^2*sin xdx using
substitution technique:

cos x =
t

We'll differentiate both
sides:

cos xdx = dt

We'll
re-write the integral, changing the variable:

Int
(cosx)^2*sin xdx = Int t^2dt

Int t^2dt = t^3/3 +
C

Int (cosx)^2*sin xdx = (cos x)^3/3 +
C

Int (sinx)^3dx = Int sin xdx - Int (cosx)^2*sin
xdx

Int (sinx)^3dx = -cos x - (cos x)^3/3 +
C

How does Scout diffuse the situation outside the jail?

Scout and Jem (and Dill) sneak out of the house to find
what Atticus was up to because they never see him take the car out, especially at night
and with a light.

They find Atticus and some men have
driven up to talk with him under Tom Robinson's cell at the jail. Because the kids go up
to see Atticus, the purpose the men have in being there is unable to transpire. They
wanted to mess with Tom at the very least. Had the kids not shown up who knows what they
would have done. These grown men didn't want to fight Atticus in front of children
because it is inappropriate to do so. They had at least that many manners. Scout began
talking to Mr. Walter Cunningham about his son and essentially befriended Mr Cunningham.
Had she not done this, the men would have done something terrible to Atticus and/or Tom.
Scout's friendship made the entire situation go away.

The goverments of the three superpowers are alike even though their governments have different names. Similarities exist between them. Why?This is...

From the perspective of a reader, not being deeply
entrenched in the Party ourselves, just being onlookers at this situation, this is
indeed difficult to define.

I would encourage you that one
great similarity is the distinction by location. At the time of Orwell's writing, the
superpowers were the United States, and the USSR. Each of these superpowers names
distinctly defined their country's political aims, whereas the Britians and Germanys of
the world stuck to their age-old names that delineated ethnicity only. The names of
Oceania, Eurasia, and Eastasia suggest that the world has been taken from over 200
countries and put into only 3 distinct regions. They named themselves according to
location, not at all according to political purpose.

These
regions also maintain similarity in that their fight is over territory, or power alone.
It is not about great political debate or inhumane behavior that we see in our
societies.

In my opinion, these similarities exist because
they further support a major message in the book that humanity is being destroyed
through a process of desensitization. With so little to identify the countries and with
so little purpose, no one really knows why there is a fight, NOR DO THEY CARE TO
ASK.

To find distinct differences if you are interested,
the greatest testimony to difference occurs as Mongols are paraded about the streets in
trapped vehicles seeming to go from one concentration-type camp to another. Thus the
only difference seen is ethnicity. The proles aren't affected by this, whereas in our
societies ethnicity has made us distinctly more aware of our own identities and
backgrounds.

Discuss two ways the theme of motherhood is introduced in Hedda Gabler.

Themes relating to motherhood are developed in the drama
through the characters of Hedda Gabler and Thea Elvsted. Hedda is depicted as a strong
and selfish woman, capable of cruelty and absent any nurturing impulses. She lacks
feminine traits; her beauty is cold and sharply defined. Thea, in contrast, is soft and
womanly, an unselfish nurturer by nature whose sensitivity is apparent in her words and
deeds. The difference between the two women is symbolized by their hair; Hedda's is not
attractive, while Thea's hair is luxuriant and quite beautiful, a crown of
femininity.

Hedda rejects her role as wife, and the idea of
motherhood is abhorrent to her. When she and George return from their honeymoon,
George's aunt, Juliana, hopes that Hedda might be pregnant. George wants a baby, and
later in the play, suggests that Hedda's figure has filled out a bit. Hedda rebuffs any
such talk. Juliana brings up the subject again in the play. When Hedda implies to George
later that she is expecting their child, he is filled with joy. She is not. Having a
child would only imprison her more. It is possible that Hedda lied about being pregnant
to gain his cooperation in covering up the fact that she had burned Lovborg's
manuscript. In terms of thematic development, a pregnancy would have served as another
motivation for Hedda, feeling completely trapped, to take her own
life.

For Thea, the theme of motherhood is developed in
relation to her feelings for Lovborg. She attempts to "save" him, dedicating her life to
his restored well being and his work. She considers his book to be their "child"
together, and when she believes it has been destroyed, she mourns its loss and dedicates
her life to helping George recreate it. Thea loved Lovborg with a romantic intensity
that drove her to leave her own husband, but she accepted that he would never love her
in return. She assumed the role of mothering him and settled for the one thing she could
create with him, a book.

At the end of Antigone who does Creon blame for the events? Give textual support.

As is the nature of tragedy, the tragic hero Creon blames
himself for causing the deaths of his son, wife, and niece.  He says to the Chorus
Leader:

Lead
me away, I pray you; a rash, foolish man; who have slain thee, ah my son,
unwittingly, and thee, too, my wife-unhappy that I am! I know not which way I
should bend my gaze, or where I should seek support; for all is amiss with
that which is in my hands,-and yonder, again, a crushing fate hath leapt upon
my head.

The Leader
(Choragos) adds, as a kind of exemplum:

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Wisdom is the supreme part of happiness; and
reverence towards the gods must be inviolate. Great words of prideful men are
ever punished with great blows, and, in old age, teach the chastened to be
wise.

So, Creon achieves
wisdom through suffering.  It takes the deaths of the three most important family
members in his life for him to realize his stubbornness and pride.  Like Oedipus in
Oedipus Rex, he accepts the responsibility for his actions, citing
his moral blindness: "I know not which way I should bend my gaze."  Like Oedipus, Creon
chooses to live with his suffering rather than commit suicide.  In this way, Creon
serves as a model tragic hero.

determine the values of n in each equations that 1 root is triple the other root 3x^2-4x+n=0

Since one root is triple the other, we assume  x1 and 3x1
are the roots of the given equation 3x^2-4x+n = 0.

Then
3x^2 -4x+n = k(x-x1)(x-3x1)^2 should be an identity. So we choose k = 3 to make the
coefficient of x^2 equal on both sides.

3x^2-4x +n =
3(x-x1)(x-3x1)

We expand the right
side.

3x^2-4x+n = 3x^2- 3(x1+3x1)x
+9x1^2

Equating the coefficients of x's on both sides, we
get:

-4 = -(x1+3x1).

4x1 =
4

x1 = 1

Equating the constant
terms, we get:

n = 9x1^2 .

 n
= 9*1^2.

n = 9

What is the moral of Twelfth Night?

As a romantic comedy, Twelfth Night
is about love, and it certainly teaches the audience some lessons about love. While
love in this play love is true, but it is also fickle, irrational, and excessive.  Love
wanes over time, as does its chief cause, physical beauty.  As the play opens, Duke
Orsino expresses the idea of love's excess and
waning,

If
music be the food of love, play on,

Give me excess of it,
that, surfeiting,

The appetitie may sicken, and so
die.

That strain again! It had a dying fall;
....

Enough!  No more!
(1.1.1-11) 

Orsino also
demonstrates the irrationality and fickleness of love as he pursues Olivia recklessly,
but at the end of the play, he gives her up to Sebastian, then falling in love with
Cesario when "he" reveals himself to be Viola.

Moreover,
love is also madness.  In Act I, after seeing Cesario for the first time, Olivia is
madly in love:

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I do I know not what, and fear to
find

Mine eye too great a flatterer for my
mind.

Fate, show thy force; ourselves e do not
owe.

What is decreed must be--and be this so!
(1.5.309-312)

The denial of
Sebastian that his love for Olivia is madness certainly points to the connection between
unbounded passion and madness. For instance, in Act IV, Sebastian says that he is
willing to "distrust mine eyes" because of his love for Olivia.  In addition, love
is mad because it is connected to witchcraft and being possessed by the devil. Of
course, the best example of the foolishness and madness of love is in the character of
Malvolio, whose professions of love for Olivia lead to his being restrained as a
lunatic. 

In Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, Love is "a many
splendored thing," indeed.  It is fickle, excessive, irrational, and
mad.

What happens in the end of "The Most Dangerous Game?"Please help me.

In one way, this is a very easy and obvious question.  But
in another, it is definitely not.

The easy and obvious
answer is that Rainsford kills Zaroff.  He manages to make his way into Zaroff's room. 
They fight and he manages to kill the general.  He then sleeps in Zaroff's
bed.

But it's not necessarily that simple.  Some scholars
wonder what Rainsford does next.  When Rainsford first heard what Zaroff did on the
island he was totally horrified.  But now he kills Zaroff and he really likes Zaroff's
bed.  Does this imply that he has changed his mind?  Is he going to take over and start
hunting people on this island?  That is much harder to answer and it is something you
have to decide for yourself.  Do you think Rainsford has it in him to be as evil as
Zaroff?

Compare Roman Colisseum to Ancient Egypt Pyramids. What roles do these structures have beyond their specific intended use? you can answer by...

I really don't see the two structure as comparable since
their purposes were entirely different.

Conventional
thinking is the the pyramids were built as tombs for the pharaohs.  If this is true,
then they serve a religious purpose since the pharaohs were consisdered
gods.

According to Sumerian scholar, Zecharian Sitchin.
they are part of a complex guidance system for the gods aka the Anunnaki.  His theories
are based on ancient Sumerian texts which predate the
Bible.

The Roman Colosseum, on the other hand, was built
for entertainment.  Granted, theatre grew out of religion, but the Romans built theatres
for that purpose.  The purpose of the Colosseum was pure entertainment like gladiatorial
combat, chariot races, and sea battles.  In the Colosseum, death was real since slaves
and captives were expendable.   Ultimately bread and circuses were a way to keep the
people from rebelling against an oppressive system.  The government fed them cheap wine
and bread while they "entertained" them to take their minds off of real
problems.

Ultimately it all backfired with the Christians
who met death with dignity.  Those watching began to wonder if this new religion might
be their answer also.  So, perhaps with this connection they are comparable, but it is a
stretch.

The pyramids celebrated life beyond this earth and
for the most part the Colosseum celebrated death.

Why must left ventricular pressure be greater than aortic pressure during ventricular ejection?Anatomy-Heart

In the healthy myocardium left ventricular pressure is
higher than aortic pressure because the left ventricle of the heart propels blood into
the aorta and aortic arch which then pushes the blood into the brachiocephalic, left
common carotid, and left subclavian.  However, in different types of cardiac disease
this is not the case. A good example of this is left ventricular hypertrophy. With LVH
the inherent pressure of the left ventricle can be decreased due to the hypertrophic
chamber. All hypertrophied muscles are not necessarily a positive situation. LVH
commonly causes backflow of blood and myocardial and pulmonic congestion which leads to
a multitude of problems. This would adversely affect the cardiac output (lower it) and
disrupt the normal filling times of the other chambers.

Please explain why Volpone is a comedy of humours.

The word “humours” when applied to this play refers to a
concept that was popular during Ben Jonson’s day. Humors were temperaments or people’s
personalities. The belief was that these personalities flowed through people. The word
“humour” comes from a Latin word, “humor”, which means liquid. In Medieval times, there
was a medical theory that held that the human body was a balance of four humors or
liquids: blood, phelgm, yellow bile (choler) and black bile (melancholy). If these
liquids were balanced in one’s body, then the person was healthy. If they were out of
balance, however, then the person was messed up.

In drama
and literature, this theory translated into four main personality types: melancholic,
sanguine, choleric and phelgmatic. Some believed that all people were primarily one of
these types of personalities, although they could also have elements of the other
three.

A comedy of humors refers to a type of drama that
focused on characters, each character representing a type of personality. Ben Jonson was
one of the main writers of this genre and you can see it in
Volpone. The characters in Volpone are
stereotypes. They represent a character type rather than a flesh-and-blood character
whose mind we can get into when we read the play. In a comedy of humors, the characters
are the most important focus, so Volpone fits this criterion. All
of the characters are imbalanced as well, so their “humors” are out of sync and they
thus act in comical ways. There are some characters in this play that have physical
abnormalities (Nano, Castrone & Androgyno) and yet they are not as out of
balance as the ones who are mentally imbalanced (Volpone, Mosca, Voltore, Corvino,
Corbaccio, etc.)

When does Percy die?

Percy-Boyd Staunton (later shortened to Boy Staunton) does
not die until the third book of the series World of Wonders.  He is
killed, or is suggested into killing himself, by Magnus Eisengrim.  Magnus Eisengrim was
once a little boy in the same town as Percy-Boyd and Dunny, and it was his mother, Mary
Dempster, whose madness was caused by Percy-Boyd all those years
ago.

When Dunny and Percy-Boyd were coming home from
sledding, Percy threw a snowball (later revealed to have a rock inside it) at Dunny. 
Dunny ducked, and the snowball hit the pregnant Mary Dempster.  She had her premature
baby that night, and was never right in the head again.  Eventually she sunk into
complete madness, and was cared for most of her adult life by Dunny.  Percy never took
responsibility for this action, and it is not entirely clear that he even really
understood his culpability.

Magnus (little Paul Dempster,
then) ran away from home and joined the travelling circus, because of his mother's
disgrace and madness and his father's controlling ways.  There he was horribly treated
and lead a life which he blamed on Percy (he didn't fully understand whose fault it was
until the night he met Boy Staunton as an adult).  Magnus says that he only suggested
that Boy Staunton kill himself.  Magnus was such a consummate magician and hypnotist
that he may have been able to do such a thing, but it is also possible that Magnus
somehow made Boy drive his car into the water.  It is not entirely clear at the end of
the novel what happened, but it is clear that Magnus is in some way responsible for
Boy's death -- just not how much!

What is Hansberry's view on the American Dream and how does the ending of A Raisin in the Sun give evidence towards her vision?

Hansberry has a fairly positive and optimistic view of the
American Dream.  She rightly concedes that for people of color, specifically African-
Americans, there are some challenging factors in terms of race and the social order's
perception of it that make this pursuit challenging.  She also accurately depicts that
economic class plays a large role in how one can appropriate their own version of the
American Dream.  Yet, she rightly, in my mind, does not lock individuals in these
stratifications from their pursuit of the American Dream.  Hansberry's view of the Dream
seems to be that it is difficult and requires a sense of courage with commitment in
order to pursue it.  She also suggests that there are many distractions on this voyage
of which one must be vigilant.  In this sense, those who are in pursuit of the American
Dream are no different than Homeric characters who must battle through much in way of
adversity on their quest and even then, success is not guaranteed.  For each Odysseus,
there are many more Hectors.  For each Walter, there might be more Bobos or nosy
neighbors who envy others.  In the end, Hansberry believes that the pursuit of the dream
is worth it, in that it allows our own plants to be stronger and better.  She is mindful
of Hughes' poem, but offers a vision that might diverge from its last
line.

Could you please justify the title of the story " A Fishy Story" by Jerome Klapka Jerome? Does the word "Fishy" have a pun?

"A Fishy Story" is a story about the narrator and his
friend, staying in an inn. In the lobby, they find a trout placed in a glass case over
the wardrobe. They find many people, claiming that they had caught the
trout. It filled the two with laughter, and a bit of suspense as well.
They tried to get hold of the trout, but fumble, and drop it down. It broke into several
pieces. They found it absurd how a stuffed trout could break; then they realise that it
was made up of Plaster of Paris.

There is a pun intended on
the word "Fishy". Firstly, it refers to the FISH itself. At
the same time, it refers to the aroma of curiosity and
suspense created.

What is the term of office for federal judges?

In the United States, the term of office for federal
judges is life during "good behavior."  In other words, a federal judge, once approved
by the Senate, can stay on the bench until he or she dies or decides to retire.  The
only exception to this rule is that judges can be impeached for "high crimes or
misdemeanors."  This is very, very rare.

The reasoning
behind this term is that judges need life terms in order to be independent.  If they
could be easily removed by Congress or the President, they would tend to rule in ways
that those people wanted.  This would mean that they would not truly be a check/balance
the way they are supposed to be.

What causes colors to be emitted when ions are put into a flame?Please write a paragraph answer and include these words: electron, electron...

Ions are atoms which have given electrons to, or gained
electrons from, atoms of other elements. The ions thus formed have a more stable
electron configuration. When a compound is heated, the ions absorb energy. This changes
their electron configuration and it reaches an excited state. In an effort to return to
the original electron state, which is also called ground state, the ions release the
energy that they have absorbed.

The release of energy is
accompanied by the emission of a photon. Now the color of light is determined by the
wavelength of the photon and the relation between the energy of a photon and its
wavelength is E = c*h/ L where E is the energy, c is the speed of light, h is the
Planck's constant and L is the wavelength.

The energy
absorbed by ions is dependent on the energy level of the ground electron configuration
and the energy levels of the excited states. As this varies for different metallic ions,
so does the color that is emitted by them when they are heated.

What types of irony are used in "The Gift of the Magi"? Situational irony is obvious, but are there any other types of irony used? Explain.

Well, you have clearly identified the situational irony
that occurs in this excellent short story, however, you are also right in suspecting
that other forms of irony exist in this story. Remember, that irony can be detected
whenever there is a gap between appearance and reality, and therefore, the ending of the
story, when the narrator intervenes to give us his opinion of these two "foolish
children". Note what he says:

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The Mgie, as you know, were wise men -
wonderfully wise men - who brought gifts to the Babe in the manger. They invented the
art of giving Christmas presents. Being wise, their gifts were no doubt wise ones,
possible bearing the privilege of exchange in case of duplication. And here I have
lamely related to you the uneventful chronicle of two foolish children in a flat who
most unwisely sacrificed for each other the greatest treasures of their house. But in a
last word to the wise of these days, let it be said that of all who give gifts, these
two were the wisest. Of all who give and receive gifts, such as they are wisest.
Everywhere they are wisest. They are the
Magi.

There exists irony then
in the fact that in the eyes of the world, what Della and Jim did was foolish, and yet
the narrator tells us that they are "the Magi" - their spirit of sacrificial giving out
of love makes them closes to the original Magi who brought gifts to the Jesus-child at
Christmas all those years ago. Although the world would scorn them for what they have
done, they show they know more about giving than anyone else.

In a functionalist society, do people need to agree within the society, or is it that they perform the actions in order to conform?

In my opinion, the functionalist perspective in sociology
tells us nothing about why individual people act in the ways that they do. 
Functionalism is about the society as a whole, not about the
individuals.

So, for example, functionalist theory says
that crime and deviance exist because they help to define who we are.  We define who we
are by saying who we are not -- by saying "those kinds of behaviors are criminal or
deviant; they are not acceptable to us."

But this does not
say anything about why the individual criminal commits a crime.  It only speaks about
why crime is "important" to our society.

Who is the protagonist in To Kill A Mockingbird and why?

The reason Scout is the protagonist in this story is
evidenced by the changes that take place in her life over the two year period the book
covers. She begins as a rather naive little girl who is not familiar with the lifestyles
of those outside her household. Her world is the safe and comfortable confines of her
home and father. She believes her father is a little boring and has few outstanding
traits. She will find that he is the crack shot in Maycomb County and is not afraid of
upholding truth and justice even when his peers do not agree with him. She finds other
lifestyles, like those of the Ewells, the Radleys, Miss Maudie's, are not how she
experienced life sheltered by Calpurnia and her family. As Scout learns, she accepts
changes in her life that are beyond control. She begins  to learn a female's role in
society and how justice is not always just to those of color. Her acceptance of Boo
Radley as a protector, not a gruesome monster, shows her understanding of people
maturing.

How important is the first paragraph?

The first paragraph establishes clarity about the
narrator’s sense of guilt, but it shows him to be unsure about his own motivations for
the narrative to follow. He is therefore ambiguous because he assumes that “some
intellect” in the future may be able to interpret the causes of his actions, and
therefore could show that they stemmed form “nothing more than an ordinary succession of
very natural causes and effects.” It is a model for writers to follow in which it
contains almost the entire exposition but leaves out enough information for readers to
want to know more. This could be something that students could follow in
developing their own essays.

How is the character Friar Laurence used to heighten the tragedy in the play Romeo and Juliet?Please use citations in your response.

Friar Laurence in Shakespeare's Romeo and
Juliet is a "scheme-hatcher"; he is also a character who, ironically since he
is a priest, acts impetuously himself and shirks responsibility, thereby causing
misfortune to both Romeo and Juliet.

Without following the
proper procedures of the Church and without consulting the parents, Friar Laurence
performs a marriage of Romeo and Juliet as a scheme to bring together the feuding
families:

In
one respect I'll thy assistant be;

For this alliance may so
happy prove,

To turn your households' rancor to pure love.
(2.3.  

However, since the
priest does not get the opportunity to talk with the parents, this act causes tragic
events: 

1.  After Romeo is married to Juliet,he secretly
spends the night with her.  As he enters the streets of Verona the next day, he
encounters Tybalt and Mercutio in a heated argument.  Then, Romeo tries to intervene and
ameliorate matters by stating that he cannot hate Tybalt without explaining that he now
is part of the Capulet family:

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Tybalt, the reason that I have to love
thee

Doth much excuse the appertaining
rage

To such a greeting.
(3.1.50

Tybalt is further
angered by what he interprets as Romeo's insults, and reaches through Romeo's arm,
stabbing Mercutio fatally.  Incensed by Tybalt's act, Romeo pulls his sword and kills
Tybalt.  Afterwards, he bemoans his rage and irrationality on which he has heretofore
prided himself.  He exclaims, "O I am fortune's fool!" (3.1.137) when he realizes that
he must flee Verona.

2. This deception of the secret
marriage by Friar Laurence also allows the engagement of Juliet to Paris to occur.  When
Juliet refuses to be married to Paris, Lord Capulet misinterprets her behavior and
becomes exceedingly angry, demanding that she marry Paris or be sent off to a nunnery. 
Despairingly, Juliet runs to the Friar to help her; he devises the plan to have her seem
dead. Friar Laurence tells Juliet,

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Hold, get you gone, be strong and
prosperous

In this resolve.  I'll send a friar with
speed

To Mantua, with my letters to thy lord.
(4.2.123-125)

With her
funeral, etc., the Friar will buy time for Juliet, he hopes, and the Capulets will be so
elated when Juliet "returns" to the living that they will forgive everyone.  As they
enter the tomb, Friar Laurence deceptively tells the Capulets to follow Juliet's corpse,
but he suggests to them to not tempt fate anymore: 

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Sir, go you in, and, madam, go with
him.

...To follow this fair corse into her
grave

The Heavens do lour upon you for some
ill;

Move them no more by crossing their high will.
(4.5.97-98)

However, Friar
Laurence's message to Romeo that Juliet is not dead, but is resting in the family
catacombs does not reach Romeo in Mantua where he is banished, and Romeo rushes
to Verona only to discover what he thinks is her corpse since a rumor came to him by his
man servant.  He arrives at Juliet's tomb and takes poison so he can join her in
eternity as he senses fate:

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A dateless bargain to engrossing
death...

Thou desperate pilot, now at once run
on

The dashing rocks thy seasick weary bark
(5.3.115-118)

Friar Laurence
arrives too late at the catacombs, but Juliet begins to wake up.  Hearing the guard
arriving outside, Friar Laurence becomes frightened and will not take Juliet with him,
telling her "I can no longer stay."  After he leaves, Juliet discovers Romeo and then
slays herself with a dagger that she finds.

The tragic
events of Romeo and Juliet are precipated by two schemes of Friar
Laurence: the marriage scheme and the scheme of dissembling Juliet's death.  Had he been
forthright with the parents, perhaps the tragedy of the two "star-crossed lovers" would
not have occurred.  Certainly, he should have been more responsible in his acts and have
consulted with parents and authorities, as should have the Nurse, who also knew the
truth behind Romeo and Juliet's actions.

Why does Blanche try to avoid reality? What are the causes?

I think that we have to start off with a premise that
Blanche is not operating " on a full tank of gas."  I think it might be a bit on the
crude side, but it gets the point across.  There are so many issues and challenges in
Blanche's own background that it is nearly impossible for the reader/ viewer to ask that
she be presented in a "normal" or traditional manner.  It's probably here where Blanche
has to be the protagonist.  Williams wanted to create a character where there is so much
in terms of challenges and socio- psychological baggage whereby one had to see her in a
variety of lights, where strict moral judgment was nearly
impossible.

We can only begin to list some of these
elements here, and in doing, so we can fully understand why there might be a desire to
block out reality and to not see things in a "coherent" or "normal" light.  The social
world in which Blanche had been raised has become completely undermined and replaced by
a new and industrialized social order that has buried the past.  Contrast this with
another great Southerner's line about the past when Faulkner says, "The past isn't dead
and buried.  In fact, it's not even past."  If this is true, then Blanche has to deal
with the emotional challenge of a world that is physically dead, but emotionally alive
and vibrant.  We know little of her husband, but there are implications that part of the
reason the marriage failed was because he was homosexual in a social order that saw it
as taboo.  This had to have some level of impact on Blanche in terms of how she
perceives herself as a woman, and might also help to explain why there is a such a
bizarre and twisted relationship she has towards sexual conduct, one in which she
rebukes Mitch's advance but is overtly flirtatious with a young boy.  The rejection from
her position as a teacher for the same reason also adds to her complex nature whereby a
denial of reality is present.  Even in general, there is an edge to Blanche, almost as
if to indicate that the premise of a woman who seems to be so assertive and so
independent is only doing so to mask a frail sense of self and a condition of living
that is the complete opposite.   Her experiences have warped or distorted her view of
reality and her place in it because such experiences are examples of warped reality.  I
suppose that this is a way of saying that there is little hope for Blanche to see the
world as normal, little way for her to be able to accept reality for what it is.  Realty
and consciousness have been so distorted for so long that this is actually normal for
her.  To ask Blanche to see the world as "real" implies that she is able to tell the
difference.  I am not sure Blanche is because of the intense experiences that she has
endured.  In no way would I say that Blanche has not been responsible for some of these,
but I do think that she is the protagonist in the play because she represents what many
of us are in that we have experienced love, loss, pain, futility, and a sense of the
disjointed in our own consciousness and have had to reconcile reality with it.  In
assessing Blanche, I think it's nearly impossible for us to turn the lenses of
reflection and refraction upon ourselves. Such a loaded condition makes her to be not
just the protagonist of the play, but one of the most compelling characters
around.

Discuss the growth and development of tourism in India.I want in details of how there has been a growth and development in tourism in India.

Indeed, I think that you have hit on a question that is
quite topical.  The growth and emergence of tourism in India is something that is
growing in fairly strong leaps and bounds.  The facts might vary from source to source,
but the overall upwards trajectory is fairly undeniable.  In the last half a decade, the
growth in tourism in India has emerged due to some significant factors.  The national
economy has become much more liberalized and much less centrally governed.  The
convergence of this fact along with the massive proliferation of the information
technology sector has helped to generate much more income and interest in India.  As
more "Western" businesses outsource to India and take advantage of economic
competitiveness with location of their centers in India, significant foreign capital has
been invested with equally significant domestic income being generated, with a growth of
personal disposable income of over 10%.   These factors along with a strong growth of
the middle class has helped to put India on the map for tourism.  Tourist arrivals are
expected to grow over 20% through 2010.  This growth is going to continue and be
fostered as the tourist service industry is one of massive employment, at last count
giving jobs to about 20 million Indians. Much of the interest in India has developed
from the business end, but also with the rediscovery of the natural beauty of the nation
as well as the spiritual element intrinsic to any understanding of India.  Additionally,
spots such as Kerala have been dubbed as centers for the spa
treatment.

There is much in way of nationalism tied into
the growth of tourism, as well:  "The tourism industry of India is based on certain core
nationalistic ideals and standards which are: Swaagat or welcome, Sahyog or cooperation,
Soochanaa or information, Sanrachanaa or infrastructure, Suvidha or facilitation, Safaai
or cleanliness and Surakshaa or href="http://www.economywatch.com/business-and-economy/tourism-industry.html">
security. "  This has been confirmed in recent advertising.  Bollywood actors
are filming public service announcements encouraging the Indian population to be more
welcoming and protecting of foreign tourists.  In a mock situation that might actually
be all too real, a recent advertisement shows a couple of tourists being hassled and
conned by a few streetwise Indians.  Suddenly, a massive deux et machina arrives in the
form of Bollywood actor, Aamir Kahn, who repudiates the hoodlums from harassing the
tourists and then encourages the crowd of people in a very grassroots manner to take
ownership of the problem and stop the cheating and harassment of foreign tourists.  He
concludes it with suggesting that it is part of the Indian nature to treat guests with
utter humility and hospitality and ensure that their foreign dollars continue to find
their way into the economy.  This PSA is a great convergence of both traditional and
economic rationales to the increase of tourism in India.

What is the best part of "Haircut" by Ring Lardner?

It would seem logical that in a short story that is as
painstakingly structured as "Haircut" is, the best part would be the resolution. In a
short story, the resolution holds a surprise ending or a twist to the plot that changes
the import of the story. The resolution also imparts the moral values and confirms the
theme developed throughout story.

"Haircut" is no exception to this
formal rule. The resolution of "Haircut" presents two characters in a different light
from that seen earlier. First, Paul goes on a hunting outing with Jim and seemingly
coolly acts in a way that is disadvantageous to Jim. Second, when Doc Stair is called to
the lakeside where Jim Kendall's body is reposed, he makes a surprising decision. As the
town coroner, he has the ultimate authority for declaring murders accidental or
homicide.

We know that both Doc and Paul Dickson are enraged by both
things that Jim did to Julie (forcing his way into her home and tricking her into going
to Doc's office). We know that Paul nonetheless volunteered to go with Jim hunting. We
know that Doc confided to Paul that "anybody that would do a thing like that ought not
to be let live." We know that "[Paul] let fire and Jim sunk back in the boat, dead." We
know that Doc was worried enough about Paul's thoughts to go looking for him at the
barber shop.

What surprises us is that Doc, acting as town
coroner, immediately passes Jim's death off as a pure and simple
accident:

Doc
examined the body and said they might as well fetch it back to town. They was no use
leavin' it there or callin' a jury, as it was a plain case of accidental
shootin'.

This raises the
questions that Lardner wants us to think about: What is the just dessert for someone
like Jim who's bullying brutality is condoned by the community? What breach of ethics
and morality did Jim's death prompt Doc Stair to commit? What did Paul decide to
intentionally do regarding Jim's life? The resolution is thus the best part of
"Haircut."

Comment on the irony of the father's reflection that "That were awfully young, Wendy and Peter, for death thoughts."

To me, what is ironic about this thought on the part of
the father is that he is worried for the kids' sake when he ought to actually be worried
for his own sake.

When George thinks that the kids are too
young for death thoughts, he is worrying about how they will handle it.  Will this stuff
about death scare them?  He is not sure they are ready for
it.

But what he should really be worried about is his own
life.  Whether his kids are ready for it or not, the death thoughts they are having are
about him and his wife.  The death of some pretend zebras is not going to scare them --
they are planning for the actual death of their
parents.

That, to me, is ironic.

What is the rising and falling action of The Secret Life of Walter Mitty?

In The Secret Life of Walter Mitty, I
think you can point to several points across the plot for the rising
action. At the point when we see Mitty's second day dream and he is a
doctor, we are into the rising action. We have seen the first trigger that puts him into
his dream world: a cranky, nagging wife: her introduction is what I would call the
inciting incident. It begins the rising action. After his
experiences as a doctor, we see continued rising action as the parking lot attendent
catches him mid-daydream. Next, he tries to go buy whatever he was supposed to for his
wife. He turns into a courtroom witness (daydream). Then he goes to buy a buscuit for
the dog (real life). He then becomes a heroic bomber
(daydream).

The climax occurs
when he finally catches up with his wife again... the potential source of his need to
daydream about being successful.

The falling
action is fast in this one, she claims she is going to check into his
health and goes into a store. He remains outside.

Which method is the most suitable for separating a mixture of sodium chloride and iodine?A) crystallization,B) filtration,C) fractional...

Of the choices listed, the best would be sublimation. 
Sublimation is a physical process in which a substance changes from a solid directly to
a gas without passing through the liquid phase. A common example of this process  is dry
ice. When you put a piece of dry ice into a room, you immediately see a cloud forming
around the dry ice. What is happening is that the dry ice is very cold and the CO2 gas
coming off the piece of solid dry ice is cold enough to cause the moisture in the air to
condense, forming the cloud you see.

Mothballs and iodine
are two other substances that will sublime.  To separate the salt and iodine, place both
in a beaker and place a watch glass or evaporating dish on top of the beaker.  Put some
ice in the top of the evaporating dish.  Now gently warm the bottom of the beaker and
the iodine will sublime into a gas. As it rises and hits the bottom of the cold
evaporating dish it will deposit on the underside of the dish  as iodine crystals.  You
can then scrape the iodine crystals off the dish and put them into a container.  The
salt, being a crystalline solid, has a very high melting point and will remain in the
beaker, unaffected by the gentle heating.

I am trying to understand chapter 37 in Uncle Tom's Cabin, "Liberty", better. Can anyone explain that chapter for me in a short summary?

There is a geographical shift that takes place in chapter
37 and the setting is now the Midwest. The reader has followed the fugitive slave hunter
Tom Loker as he has been trying to apprehend Eliza and her family. Since Tom is injured
in the previous chapter, he finds himself being taken care of by a Quaker woman, Dorcas,
in the midwest. He realizes that the fugitives could have left him injured, but instead
chose to help. This fact seems to spark a sort of conversion in Loker, who is generally
an unlikable character. He becomes introspective and advises the Harris family how to
evade the captors. Toward the end, the reader follows Eliza, her husband and child as
they flee toward Canada while Eliza is disguised as a man and little Harry as a girl.
Here Liberty functions in terms of freedom. The text deliberates on the new found
freedom of Eliza, George, and Harry:

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Who can speak the blessedness of that first day
of freedom? Is it not the sense of liberty a higher and a finer one than any of the
five? To move, speak, and breathe,-go out and come in unwatched, and free from
danger!

Lastly, though, the
theme of liberty emerges throughout the book and Stowe, the abolitionist, argues that a
country is not truly free until all of its citizens are free.

How do airbags in a car work, won’t the passengers get crushed by it?

You have to understand the complete working of an air bag
before you can ask this question. The most important units of an air bag system are: an
air bag and gas generator, crash sensors and a diagnostic monitoring
unit.

In case of a collision, which is taken to be the car
hitting a barrier at 14.48 km/hr, the crash sensors detect the deceleration and send an
electric current through an initiator. The initiator leads to a solid propellant
undergoing a rapid production of a gas, usually nitrogen, which fills up the airbag in
less than 1/20th of a second. The bag remains inflated for 1/10th of a second and then
gets deflated which takes around 3/10th of a second.

This
is a very essential part of the operation of the airbag mechanism. As you may guess,
just an inflated bag is going to cause a lot of harm if you crash into it, just like you
will injure yourself if you fall from a height even on something soft. The fact that the
air bag inflates and then deflates after a very short duration of time allows it to
absorb the energy of the impact and protects you in case of an
impact.

What mental and emotional effects does the veldt have on the children, the parents, and the psychologist in Bradbury's "The Velt"?

Ray Bradbury's short story "The Veldt," published in 1951,
reflects the concerns of other science fiction writers such as Aldous Huxley
who published Brave New World in 1932:  The advancement of
technology ahead of the advancement of humanity.  Much as in his other short story
"There Will Come Soft Rains," in which the house continues to operate on its own after a
nuclear blast kills all the occupants, the playroom of the Hadley children virtually
controls the lives of the occupants.  The children "live for the nursery," says George
Hadley to his wife.

Thus, there is an uneasiness generated
in the parents as they sense the control that the Veldt room holds upon Wendy and Peter,
their children.  For, the children have alienated themselves from their parents,
expressing no desire to participate in any familial activities such as dinner.  Without
their children to care for, Lydia feels unneeded since the house responds to the
smallest need, such as ketchup.  For instance, when the diningroom table produces warm
dishes of food, George Hadley simply has to ask it for ketchup or anything else and the
item appears.

When the Hadley's friend David McClean, who
is a psychologist, arrives, they ask him to inspect the African veldtland.  Upon
entering this playroom of the children, McClean remarks that it does not "feel
good":

"This
is very bad.  My advice to you is to have the whole damn room torn down and your chidren
brought to me every day during the next year for treatment...In this case the room has
become a channel for destructive thoughts, instead of a release away from
them."

Further, the
psychologist tells George Hadley that he has allowed the room to take the place of him
and his wife in the children's affections.  But, when George tries to shut down the
room, Peter tells his father, "Oh, I hate you...I wish you were dead."  Peter's father
replies that he and his wife were dead, but now they are going to live as a family.  The
house has become what George Hadley has called "a nightmare."  And, the dramatic irony
of George's lines is that he does not realize how nightmarish it
is.

solve for x 7 l 3x-4 l + 8 = 15

We'll subtract 8 both
sides:

7 l 3x-4 l = 15 - 8

7 l
3x-4 l = 7

We'll divide by
7:

 l 3x-4 l = 1

We'll have 2
cases:

1) 3x-4 for 3x-4
>=0

We'll add 4 both
sides:

3x>=4

We'll
divide by 3:

x>=4/3

The
interval of admissible values for x is [4/3 ,
+infinite)

We'll solve the
equation:

3x-4 = 1

We'll add 4
both sides:

3x = 5

x =
5/3

 Since x = 5/3 belongs to the interval [4/3 ,
+infinite), the equation has the solution x = 5/3.

2) -3x+4
for 3x-4 <0

The solution of the equation has to
belong to the interval

(-infinite, 
4/3)

How would you characterize Granny Weatherall in "The Jilting of Granny Weatherall"?

Of course, the stream of consciousness narrative adopted
by the author gives us a real insight into Granny Weatherall's character. Clearly, if
you read this story, hopefully you cannot fail to identify the humour in this story -
from its very start, the character of Granny Weatherall dominates the pages and is funny
and sad in turn. Even the start of the story presents us with a funny moment as Granny
Weatherall shows her defiant spirit by her comment about the
doctor:

She
flicked her wrist neatly out of Doctor Harry's pudgy careful fingers and pulled the
sheet up to her chin. The brat ought to be in knee breeches. Doctoring around the
country with spectacles on his nose! "Get along now, take your schoolbooks and go.
There's nothing wrong with
me!"

Of course, what is funny
about this is that we think of doctors as being respectful figures in society -
certainly figures we do not address and think of like this. The juxtaposition with the
term of contempt "brat" and doctor shocks us and makes us laugh by revealing the kind of
character that Granny Weatherall is. This continues throughout the story as we see the
irreverent attitude revealed towards other characters such as Father
Connolly.

You might like to think of how conflict reveals
the character of Granny Weatherall. It is clear that the external conflict that Granny
Weatherall is facing is her stubbornness and determination against the mollycoddling (as
she sees it) that she is receiving from her daughter Cornelia, and others, such as
Doctor Harry and Father Connolly:

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Well, she could just hear Cornelia telling her
husband that Mother was getting a little childish and they'd have to humour her. The
thing that most annoyed her was that Cornelia thought she was deaf, dumb and blind.
Little hasty glances and tiny gestures tossed around her and over her head saying,
"Don't cross her, let her have her way, she's eighty years old," and she sitting there
as if she lived in a thin glass
cage.

Granny Weatherall is
still a determined and proud woman, who is not giving in easily to death and the care
that others try to foist on her.

The internal conflict is
of course revealed in Granny Weatherall's memory of her jilting that still hurts her
even though it was so long ago. As she struggles to come to terms with it she shows how
she still remembers and is pained by the memory:

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Wounded vanity, Ellen, said a sharp voice
in the top of her mind. Don't let your wounded vanity get the upper hand of you. Plenty
of girls get jilted. You were jilted, weren't you? Then stand up to it. Here eyelids
wavered and let in streamers of blue-gray light like tissue paper over her
eyes.

Here we see Granny
Weatherall trying to convince herself that she wasn't hurt and trying to pull herself
together, but the final description reveals that the memory of her jilting still hurts
enough to bring tears to her eyes. Of course, the story ends with a second "jilting" as
Granny Weatherall resolves the internal conflict and accepts the fact that we are all
"jilted" in death - that we die alone and that this solitude is greater than any loss we
know in life. Yet the end of the story shows Granny Weatherall's strength and
determination in the face of this ultimate jilting.

Briefly give the gist of Books 3,4 and 5 from Homer's Iliad.

In Iliad 3, we have a duel between
Menelaus and Paris/Alexander. The winner of the duel will determine who gets "Helen and
all her treasure." After the duel, the two armies will make a peace treaty and the war
will end. Menelaus would have won the duel, but the goddess Aphrodite intervenes and
rescues Paris. The book ends with Paris and Helen in their bedroom at Troy, while the
Greeks were claiming that Menelaus was victorious.

In
Iliad 4, however, hostilities are renewed as Athena inspires one of
the Trojans to shoot an arrow at Menelaus. Much of the rest of the book is spent with
Agamemnon stirring some of the other leading Greeks to action. The book ends with the
Greeks and Trojans fighting vigorously against each
other.

Iliad 5 is one of the most
delightful and interesting books in the epic as the Greek Diomedes goes on a major
rampage. Students of Roman literature will note an appearance by Aeneas, hero of
Vergil's Aeneid. Diomedes knocks Aeneas unconscious with a massive
boulder, but Aphrodite rescues Aeneas (he is her son). Diomedes will not be stopped,
though. Inspired by Athena, Diomedes attacks and wounds Aphrodite and then wounds Ares
himself, who had come to aid Aphrodite.

Is Mary Maloney the lamb in Roald Dahl's "Lamb to the Slaughter"?She is the lamb because of her weak-mind and innocence. When she's sewing & trying...

It seems as if you have misinterpreted Mary Maloney's
character.  First, the title of the story does not imply that a lamb turns into a
slaughterer; rather, it represents an innocent creature being led to its death--that
does not describe Mary.

While Mary does "slaughter" her
husband, it would be more appropriate to argue that the police (her husband's comrades)
are the lambs.  When the story opens, Mary's husband, a police officer, springs the news
on his pregnant wife that he is leaving her.  If you keep in mind the time setting of
the story, you see that Mary views herself as the dutiful wife who waits for her husband
to come home each day, hangs on his every word, caters to his every need, and then he
repays her in such a manner.  Divorce during the Maloneys' time would have still carried
somewhat of a social stigma especially when coupled with Mary's pregnancy.  As the
reader considers that all these thoughts fly through Mary's head as her husband talks,
he must admit that Mary's quick action--while reprehensible--is hardly that of an
innocent lamb.

Similarly, after Mary murders her husband,
she uses her innocent appearance and demeanor to fool the grocer and the men who would
have known her husband best.  In contrast, the police who show up to Mary's house might
as well be figurative lambs going to the slaughterhouse.  They pander to Mary's needs
and comfort her, refusing to see her as a suspect, and they eat the murder weapon to
appease the "distraught" young widow. Their failure to look past Mary's outward demeanor
demonstrates that they are the ones with the herd mentality.

What exactly do you think Hawthorne is trying to tell us about Pearl in The Scarlet Letter?Throughout the entire novel, the author compares Pearl...

Nathaniel Hawthorne gives us a lot of information and
commentary on Pearl throughout The Scarlet Letter, and it's up to
the reader to decide how he or she feels about her.  Pearl is a much more complex
character than she might seem at first.

You've mentioned
all the kind of "other-worldly" references to this daughter of Hester and Arthur. 
Clearly, his use of those words and images is an attempt to paint Pearl as a creature
beyondearthly.  Yet she is also quite in touch with the realities of life.  She plays
rough sometimes (as when she crippled a bird while playing or my favorite, when she
throws mud at her childish tormentors), and she's well aware of the severities of this
Puritan community, as when she plays make-believe and creates the elders and other stern
figures of the town. 

She's a typical spoiled child,
throwing tantrums (at the brookside) and taking advantage of her mother's lenience (as
she traipses through the cemetery or throws cockles at her mother's bosom).  Yet she has
an innate sense of justice, asking multiple times if Arthur will stand with them on the
scaffold in the daytime.  When he refuses, she shows him no
sympathy.

In short, Pearl as a young girl is a product of
an illicit relationship and nothing about her life is normal.  Just like her clothing,
Pearl is an outward embodiment of the turmoil and guilt in her parents' lives.  Once she
genuinely kisses her father one last time on the scaffold, Hawthorne tells us it's as if
a curse has been broken.  We now have hope that she will grow and mature into a loving,
caring adult.  The evidence of that is slim, but we know she married well and apparently
for love, that she was quite rich and had no economic worries, and that she still cared
for her mother--all signs of a relatively normal life and one which we might not expect,
given her early years.  This speaks to the bondage of guilt and sin and the freedom of
unconditional love.

What do we learn about Beowulf's character from his speech in lines 365-405 in Beowulf?The speech begins: Hail to you, Hrothgar! I am...

What you are asking about is characterization.  What
characterization is accomplished by Beowulf's
speech?

First, we learn that Beowulf has a sense of
duty:

My
people have said, the wisest, most knowing

And best of
them, that my duty was to go to the Danes'

Great
king.

The mead hall is
plagued by Grendel, and Beowulf feels it is his duty to come
help. 

We also learn that Beowulf has performed great
deeds:  rising out of the darkness of war covered in his enemies' blood, chaining five
giants, etc.  His deeds are his testament, his demonstration of
worthiness.

Beowulf also believes in fate, at least when he
is using rhetoric in the form of a speech:

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...Now Grendel and I are
called

Together, and I've
come. 

His battle with
Grendel is his destiny, his fate.

Beowulf is also
independent--he requests to fight Grendel by himself--and honorable--he will use no
weapon, because Grendel uses no weapon. 

Finally, Beowulf
puts himself into God's hands.  He leaves it up to God to determine the outcome of the
battle. 

Scholars assume that these personality traits and
beliefs were important to Anglo-Saxons, in general.  Beowulf is probably the ideal
Anglo-Saxon hero.

I don't really understand what John Milton means by "shutting his Parkgate" in his speech Areopagitica.What is the meaning of this sentence: "And...

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Seeing therefore that those books,
& those in great abundance which are likeliest to taint both life and doctrine,
cannot be suppresst without the fall of learning, and of all ability in disputation, and
that these books of either sort are most and soonest catching to the learned, from whom
to the common people whatever is hereticall or dissolute may quickly be convey'd, and
that evill manners are as perfectly learnt without books a thousand other ways which
cannot be stopt, and evill doctrine not with books can propagate, except a teacher
guide, which he might also doe without writing, and so beyond prohibiting, I am not able
to unfold, how this cautelous enterprise of licencing can be exempted from the number of
vain and impossible attempts. And he who were pleasantly dispos'd could not well avoid
to lik'n it to the exploit of that gallant man who thought to pound up the crows by
shutting his Parkgate. [ href="http://www.dartmouth.edu/~milton/reading_room/areopagitica/index.shtml">John
Milton]

In this
passage, Milton is discussing the possibility, wisdom and practicability of censuring
unsavory books in reference to "Spanish licensing." The books under question are what
Milton classifies as books that "taint both life and doctrine." His argument is that
common people without higher learning can acquire learning that is "hereticall or
dissolute" quite easily in many other ways, particularly from the learned who are drawn
to disputatious (questionable) books. He further declares that "evil manners" are
"perfectly learnt a thousand other ways" without the help of questionable
books.

Milton's conclusion therefore is that though there
are some who might be disposed (inclined) to attempt to suppressed the books in question
as they relate to Spanish licensing issue, all efforts at suppression of said books
would be like someone trying to keep crows imprisoned by shutting the gates to his/er
estate park grounds. This would be a foolish and futile effort to imprison crows (which
destroy agricultural fields) because crows would simply fly right up and over the gates
and away--to the grain fields. In other words, it is impossible to imprison crows by
putting them behind a gate, and it is equally impossible, in Milton's opinion, to
protect minds against the books in question by suppressing them.