What does the line in Macbeth mean:"There is no art/ to find the man's construction in the face"

King Duncan makes this observation in act 1 sc. 4 when
Malcolm reports that the Thane of Cawdor who betrayed the king has been put to death.
King Duncan means to say that what is hidden in the mind of a man can never be
understood by looking at his face. That is to say, the face is never a true index of the
mind. The king believed the Thane of Cawdor to be very trustworthy, but he secretly
helped the Norwegian king against Duncan.

However this
piece of comment also becomes an example of irony. As Duncan says this, Macbeth enters
with Banquo and others. Having gone through the previous scene--act 1 sc. 3--we know
that Macbeth, Duncan's most admired and trusted general, is tempted, by his own ambition
and the prophecies of the witches, to kill the good old king and usurp the throne.
Duncan has declared Macbeth as the new Thane of Cawdor, but it is an irony that this
time it is going to be a worse kind of betrayal. Truly the 'mind's construction' can
never be known from the face.

Why is the island called Ship Trap Island?already answered in group

The island has been given this name because of how many
ships get shipwrecked there.  It appears that the seas around the island are somewhat
treacherous to being with.  However, General Zaroff also helps cause some of the
shipwrecks because his lighthouse shows a channel where there are actually rocks.  Here
is a good quote on this topic ("them" refers to the sailors that Zaroff
hunts):

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"Sometimes an angry god of the high
seas sends them to me. Sometimes, when Providence is not so kind, I help Providence a
bit.

Zaroff
then shows Rainsford the light that is supposedly indicating a channel.  So this line
implies that the area is dangerous on its own.  So maybe the name of the island had
already been given to it before he came.  But he certainly creates even more of a trap
for ships.

What did Camillo Golgi discover and how does it deal with cell? When did he discover this?

Camillo Golgi contributed much to the study of the brain. 
Thanks to a method for staining nervous tissue he created (now known as Golgi's method),
the paths of nerve cells in the brain were viewable for the first time in history.  It
is because of this discovery that the theory stating the nervous system is made up of
individual cells was accepted (also known as the neuron
doctrine), and the anatomy of neurons became a viable
study.

Also the result of Golgi's research was the
discovery of the Gogli apparatus found in most eukaryotic cells
(cells contained within membranes).  This apparatus is fundamental for
the processing and packaging of proteins and lipids after synthesis for secretion.  With
relation to the brain, the Golgi apparatus is fundamental for the release of
neurotransmitters from neuron
cells.

What is a line the main character says or an action he does that reveals a great deal about who he is in Invisible Man? Explain.

"When I discover who I am, I'll be free," says the
narrator of Invisible Man, newly awakened, suffering from amnesia
(243).

He is victimized by whites, betrayed by blacks, and
alienated by institutions, industry, and religious, labor, and political organizations. 
In the end, he chooses to live abandoned by all in his basement, savoring his newfound
invisibility.  Ralph Ellison's response to the American anti-black racial problem is not
so much a social solution, but an existential one.  To be invisible, in a sense, is to
be a conscious individual who cannot be predicted or
manipulated.

The narrator must reshape his racial identity
from one obedient to authoritarian structures to one free to reject all of them.
 Ellison’s narrator finally achieves freedom by refusing to take refuge in a false
public image of himself.  By creating an essence defined by the agonized choice of
self-imposed isolation from racial determinism, the narrator finally achieves an
authentic existence.

What is fibrinolysis? Why does blood rarely remain clotted inside blood vessels?medical anatomy

Fibrinolysis is the destruction of fibrin. Fibrin is the
insoluble protein in clotted blood. In order for blood to clot, sufficient amounts of
fibrin (and other things like calcium) must be present.

I
respectfully disagree with the second part of your question because intravascular blood
very often does in fact remain clotted inside the lumen of blood vessels. In fact, this
is the etiology of many disease processes. DVT's (deep venous thrombosis) is a good
example of this phenomenon. Clots (thrombi) develop in the deep veins of the legs for
varying reasons. This produces pain, swelling, heat, and decreased range of motion to
the affected extremity.

Another disease process that is due
to clotted blood in the blood vessels is called acute coronary syndrome. Thrombi in the
coronary arteries cause a multitude of signs and symptoms and are a major cause of
sudden cardiac death.

In the story, "Everyday Use" by Alice Walker, how did the mother choose to resolve the conflict over the quilts?

Ironically, the resolution to this conflict is unlike
anything else the narrator obviously did (or did not do) in Dee and Maggie's lives. 
Looking at Dee's personality versus her sister Maggie's, it would be appropriate to
assume Dee was very rarely told "no."  She is ambitious.  She does what she wants.  She
even has the audacity to change her name and announce this new identity to the very
woman who gave her a name in the first place.

The conflict
with the quilts is resolved quickly and relatively cleanly.  It starts with Mrs.
Johnson's remark: "The truth is...I promised to give them quilts to Maggie, for when she
marries John Thomas."  Despite the miniature temper tantrum the ensues from Dee for the
next couple lines, this initial response shows the narrator's mind is already made up. 
She allows Dee to throw a little fit.  She then allows Maggie to cave to her older
sister and say that Dee can have the quilts.  But without another word, Mrs. Johnson
finalizes the fight with:

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I did something I had never done before: I hugged
Maggie to me, then dragged her on into the room, snatched the quilts out of Miss
Wangero's hands and dumped them into Maggie's
lap.

The narrator, for the
first time (perhaps ever) chooses Maggie over Dee.  The impact is so profound for both
that Maggie is speechless and Dee immediately leaves.

Has Israel always had the same name?I just need an answer before 5 pm central time an friday

This depends on what time period you are talking
about.

The actual country of Israel that now exists has
never had any other name but Israel.  That country was created in 1948 and has always
had the same name that it does now.

Before Israel was
created, the area that is now Israel had many different names.  Right before it was made
into Israel, for example, it was part of what was called the Palestine Mandate (under
the League of Nations).  Before that, the area was part of the Ottoman
Empire.

If you go back into biblical times, the area that
is now Israel was split (at times) into two kingdoms, Israel and Judaea or Judah.  At
other times the area was conquered by one of various regional powers like Babylon and
Rome.

So as a modern country, Israel has always had the
same name.  Before that, there were many different names.

How is Vincet Price's video version of "The Cask of Amontillado"(2parts) different than the orginal story by E.A.Poe?Compare the video(2...

In "The Cask of Amontillado," there are many things
missing in the video, and several changes as well.

One
early and obviously difference that struck me was the change of the word "nitre," which
is a mineral deposit accumulating on the walls of the catacombs. In the video, it is
referred to on several occasions as "mold."

Poe uses the
word "motley" to describe Fortunato's costume, which is that of a jester, but the word
is not used in the video.

Another major difference is
Montresor's reason for why his palazzo (house) is empty. In the story he tells the
servants they may NOT leave the house to join in the Carnival festivities, when he knows
full well that by telling them not to go,
they will go, and the palazzo with be empty, so there will be no
witnesses to his evil plan. This is mentioned in the story, but not in the
video.

In the catacombs, Fortunato makes a gesture that is
a secret sign of the Freemasons. He is slightly snobbish in believing that Montresor has
no idea what it refers to—inferring perhaps that this secret society is above
Montresor's social standing. When Fortunato speaks of the masons, Montresor pulls out a
trowel to use with the plaster, making a joke, which makes no sense to Fortunato, also
missing in video.

In terms of the setting, in the short
story, the entire narrative and dialogue seem to lead us down into the catacombs, but in
the Vincent Price version, it is told by Montresor without even leaving his dining room
table (an interesting perception). I don't know if there is anything to refute that this
could not have been the case: Montresor is, after all, telling the story many years
after.

When Montresor chains Fortunato to the wall, the
video version states that he seals him behind the wall, and the story ends there. The
reason the short story is, in my opinion, so much more effective, is because Fortunato
starts to come out of his drunken stupor, and pleads with Montresor, "For the love of
God, Montresor!"

Because the video ends so abruptly, there
are many other things left out. There is a part at the end of the short story where
Fortunato laughs hysterically after being imprisoned. And just before Montresor seals
the last stone in place, there has been silence for so long, that he puts his sword
inside the hole to see if he can get some kind of response from poor Fortunato.  In the
short story, the last thing we hear, with the setting of the final stone, is the
tinkling of the bells on Fortunato's hat (which is not in the video), Montresor's
assurance that Fortunato has remained undisturbed in this place for the past fifty
years, and the murderer's last words, "May he rest in
peace."

The impact of this last statement is especially
eerie in that even though Monstresor hated Fortunato for some reason, he speaks a
seemingly concerned word of blessing over the dead
man.

Even more insightful of Montresor's obvious
sociopathic tendencies is the fact that even though Poe's version tells us that
Fortunato has been dead for fifty years, Montresor still tells the
story with great relish—delighting in the details of how he murdered
Fortunato.

Why does Daisy say ". . . the home influence will be very good for her [Jordan]" in Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby?

This line from the novel occurs in a scene after dinner at
the Buchanans when Jordan Baker tells everyone good night and retires. After she leaves,
Tom observes that Jordan's family should not let her "run around the country" on her
own. Daisy points out that Jordan's only family is an elderly aunt. She adds that Nick
will be looking out for Jordan. Nick just met Jordan, but Daisy is either matchmaking
(she had mentioned earlier pairing Nick and Jordan), or she is simply taking issue with
what Tom has said. It is at this point she adds:

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She's going to spend lots of week-ends out here
this summer. I think the home influence will be very good for
her.

More significant than
what Daisy says is what happens immediately after. She and Tom "looked at each other for
a moment in silence," and Nick quickly asks if Jordan is from New York, his intention
being to break the awkward moment between Tom and
Daisy.

Daisy is speaking ironically, sarcastically. She
knows Tom is having an affair. His mistress had interrupted their evening a little while
earlier by calling Tom at home, and he and Daisy had argued about this inside the house
while Nick and Jordan sat outside. The "home influence" at the Buchanans is nonexistent.
Their "home" is merely a beautiful house because their marriage is one of convenience
and infidelity.

If the D.N.A. sequence is ATGCGCAGTTATTGCGAT what is the mRNA sequence?

The function of messenger RNA is transcription. That means
it must copy the original DNA message which remains in the nucleus. The RNA can then
take the transcribed DNA message out to the cytoplasm and attach to a ribosome where the
message can be translated and a protein can be constructed. RNA differs from DNA in that
it lacks the nitrogenous base thymine. It has instead, a base called uracil. Base
pairing rules are the same as with DNA, except if there is the base adenine in DNA,
since RNA  lacks thymine, substitute the base uracil instead. Therefore, the
corresponding mRNA code to your DNA sequence should be,
UACGCGUCAAUAACGCUA.

In The Merchant of Venice, Act 1 scene 2, what does Nerissa feel about the test that Portia's father had devised?

Portia, in this scene, is rather despairing of ever
marrying--even if she lives to be as old as Sibylla she'll die as chaste (pure and
untouched) as Diana, the virgin goddess.  She laments her inability to do her own
choosing of a husband because of her father's posthumous and rather unconventional plan
for selecting a groom--they must choose the correct casket full of coins in order to win
her hand.

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"O me, the word 'choose!' I
may
neither choose whom I would nor refuse whom
I
dislike; so is the will of a living daughter
curbed
by the will of a dead father. Is it not
hard,
Nerissa, that I cannot choose one nor refuse
none?"

Nerissa's
reply is fairly straightforward and simple.  She clearly does not think it's a "hard"
fate--though that's  much easier for her to say since she doesn't have to live with the
edict herself.

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"Your father was ever
virtuous; and holy men at their
death have good
inspirations:"

Nerissa
believes Portia's father father was a good man who had a good plan, inspired by his
impending death.

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"...therefore the
lottery,
that he hath devised in these three chests of
gold,
silver and lead, whereof who chooses his
meaning
chooses you, will, no doubt, never be chosen by
any
rightly but one who shall rightly
love."

Nerissa's
view is rather fatalistic and simplistic.  She assumes whoever chooses the right chest
will, of course, also be the right man--one who will love her (and presumably will be
loved by her in return).  She goes on to ask Portia how she feels about each of the
proposed suitors, but Nerissa is confident in her romanticized view that all will end as
it should--happily ever after. 

In Animal Farm, why was Mollie unable to accept Animal Farm?

It is in Chapter 5 that we are told that Mollie is working
less and less and putting less effort in, and then she
disappears:

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Three days later Mollie disappeared. For some
weeks nothing was known of her whereabouts, then the pigeons reported that they had seen
her on the other side of Willingdon. She was between the shafts of a smart dogcart
painted red and black, which was standing outside a public-house. A fat red-faced man in
cheek breeches and gaiters, who looked like a publican, was stroking her nose and
feeding her with sugar. Her coat was newly clipped and she wore a scarlet ribbon round
her forelock. She appeared to be enjoying herself, the pigeons
said.

So Mollie exits from
the novel as is never mentioned again.

Unlike Boxer, who
always thinks of others, Mollie is a shallow materialist who cares nothing for the
struggles of her fellow animals. her first appearance in the novel suggests her
personality when she enters the meeting at the last moment, chewing sugar and sitting in
the front so that the others will be able to admire the red ribbons she wears in her
mane. Her only concerns about the revolution are ones prompted by her ego: When she asks
Snowball if they will still have sugar and ribbons after the rebellion, she betrays the
thoughts of old Major and reveals her vanity. She is lulled off the farm by the prospect
of more material possessions that she could enjoy in an animal-governed world, marking
her as one to whom politics and struggle mean nothing.

In Kaffir Boy, what do you think are the author's beliefs? Are they credible? What part in the book supports this?

Mark Mathabane, the author of Kaffir
Boy, believes that the apartheid regime in South Africa was inhumane, and
that more people should know about it. The preface states explicitly that the book is
meant as an in-depth answer to people's questions about what it was like to grow up as a
black child under apartheid. Evidence of the regime's cruelty appears throughout the
book, especially in the first section, "The Road to Alexandra." In this section,
Mathabane is a young child who lives in constant fear and degradation. In the opening
scene, for example, he is cruelly beaten by police
officers.

Mark Mathabane also believes in the importance of
education. The second section of the book, "Passport to Knowledge," describes the author
as an older child receiving gifts of books from a liberal white family. The woman who
gives Mathabane the books is condescending, but the books themselves help him improve
make more sense of his world. Without the education he received from books, Mathabane
would never have been able to escape from South Africa.

What influenced the manner of Belinda Pocket's upbringing in Chapter 23 of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens?

Chapter XXIII of Great Expectations,
which presents a portrait of the "toadie" of a previous chapter, Mrs. Pocket, sets her
in contrast to Mr. Matthew Pocket, a true gentleman. This juxtaposition of Mrs. Pocket,
who asks Pip if he likes orange-water in "general conversational condescension," as Pip
remarks, presents again to the reader the hypocrisy of those who aspire to be upper
class.

With characteristic humor, Dickens describes the
fabricated nobility of Mrs. Pocket. She is supposedly the daughter of a knight, who is
"a quite accidental deceased Knight."  Thus, there is no proof of her lineage.  As
Dickens's narrator, Pip continues to describe her family with confused
humor:

...his
father would have been made a Baronet but for someone's determined opposition, the
Sovereign's, the Prime Minister's, the Chancellor's...I forget whose, if I ever
knew....I believe he had been knighted himself for storming the English grammar at the
point of a pen in a desperate address...for the laying of a stone for some building or
another.

In reality, Mr.
Pocket, a distinguished scholar at Cambridge, has lowered himself by marrying Mrs.
Pocket, yet, Mrs. Pocket is treated with respect because she never married anyone with a
title while he is treated with reproach for not having earned one. And, as the chapter
continues, Pip perceives the true emptiness of Mrs. Pocket's supposed entitlement.  For,
she ignores her children who are only saved from peril by the close observation of the
servants.  When, for instance, Jane saves the baby from harm with a nutcracker, Mrs.
Pocket berates her for interfering, as she has previously done when a neighbor contacts
her about a servant's mistreatment of another child.  It is also futile for Mr. Pocket,
who wrings his hair in despair, to correct her because, as she remarks, "Am I
grandpapa's granddaughter to be nothing in the house?"

Mrs.
Pocket is a characterization of those who aspire to be aristocrats, just as is Uncle
Pumblechook's.  In several episodes of his novel, Charles Dickens ridicules the rising
middle class that wishes to arise to what he considers a frivolous aristocracy.  Indeed,
Mrs. Pocket is perfect for such satire.

What does Ralph recall hearing from Simon and seeing in the sky in Lord of the Flies?

In Chapter 10, Golding is bitterly
ironic:

Memory
of the dance that none of them had attended shook all four boys
convulsively.

At first, Ralph
openly admits that they murdered Simon.  He does not deny the truth, and his guilt
overwhelms him.  He keeps asking Piggy if he saw what was done to Simon, what they all
had done to Simon.  But Piggy will not let him confront this truth.  Piggy tells
him

"That's
right. We was on the outside.  We never done nothing, we never seen
nothing."

When the twins
arrive on the scene, they claim that they left early. At that point, the boys stop
speaking and the memory of Simon's murder overtakes
them.

But Ralph was there, and he remembers that Simon
"said something about a dead man."  And he somehow remembers the "ungainly figure on a
parachute."  So, Ralph does know the truth of the beast, that it is a dead man on a
parachute.  Not only has Ralph participated in the murder of Simon, but he has also
participated in the fear-mongering that has engulfed the entire island.  He let himself
believe that there was a beast when he now knows what he really saw come from the sky
was a parachutist and what Simon was trying to tell them about the "dead man on the
hill."

In Chapters 10-16 of A Tale of Two Cities, what is suggested by the coin image?

The only reference made to coins is in Book the Second,
Chapter 7.  In this chapter, the Marquis d'Evremonde departs from the ball at the hotel
of the Monseigneur, a gathering where he has been
rebuffed.

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With a wild rattle and clatter, and an inhuman
abandonment of consideration not easy to be understood these days, the carriage dashed
through streets and swept round corners, with women screaming before it, and men
clutching each other and clutching children out of its
way.

As the carriage of the
Marquis rounds one corner, there is a scream and the horses rear in the air.  A tall man
lies in the mud over someone, howling "like a wild animal."  The man rushes the
carriage, and the Marquis puts his hand on the hilt of his sword.  The crowd gathers,
but looks in submission while the Marquis regards them as "mere rats come out of their
holes."

Then, the Marquis complains that the people cannot
take care of themselves and stay out of the way.  Gaspard, the father approaches, crying
"Dead" agains. The Marquis throws the man a gold coin.  When he hears another tell
Gaspard that it is better that the little one die in this manner to live, the Marquis
calls him a philosopher and asks his name and occupation.  Then, he throws another gold
coin to Defarge, telling him to spend it as he likes.  As the Marquis settles back into
the carriage with

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the air of a gentlman who had accidentally
broken some common thing, and had paid for it, and could afford to pay for
it

When his comfort is disturbed by a coin flying into his
carriage and "ringing on the
floor.

While the Marquis
tosses the coin disdainfully to the father of the dead boy, he views the death of a
peasant hardly worth a gold coin, and certainly unworthy of his consideration.  But,
when the coin he feels he graciously gives Defarge is thrown back into his carriage, the
Marquis is insulted.  Defarge tells the Marquis that his money is meaningless to him and
the others, for it will not bring the son of the man back to
life.

Later, payment is sought from the Marquis, and he is
killed in his chateau.  After his death, his face appears in stone on the walls of his
chateau as the gorgon head with the two dents on the sides of his
nose.

what are the disadvantages of solar water heaters?I would like atleast 5-7 points

The things in our household where we use heat and cold are
among the things that soak up the most electricity, so this includes our washer and
dryer, our refrigerator, and of course, the water
heater.

To go completely solar for your water heater needs
has some definite disadvantages:

1)  A typical system can
heat about 50 gallons of water per day.  If you have more than two people living in your
household, or take a lot of showers, you will need a backup conventional water
heater.

2)  Typical system purchase and installation costs
run about $5000 - $6000, and it will take a long time for the system to pay for itself
with the money you save on your utility bill

3)  With that
kind of cash, you can buy all new energy efficient appliances (Energy Star program) and
get a rebate on those, plus you'll save more money in the short and long
run.

4)  The technology has not yet been perfected to make
this cost effective.  Better to wait a few years and see what kind of advances they make
in the later models.

5)  Sometimes hard to find qualified
installers and dealers in your area.  Coming out from the larger cities can cost
extra.

What does it mean to have "A marriage between the natural and the supernatural"?

A marriage between something and something is an idiomatic
expression derived from the idea of a marriage between two adults, traditionally, a
husband and wife, which indicates that two individual, disparate, separate entities
(i.e., people) have been joined together in an alliance or bond. This applies to the
expression, "A marriage between the natural and the supernatural," as
follows.

Starting with the two entities, those being the
natural and the supernatural, it is quite correct to identify these as disparate,
separate, individual concepts. The natural, of course, is all things pertaining to the
natural world: things that can be seen, heard, touched, tasted, smelled, or otherwise
felt, like wind or heat. The supernatural is all things pertaining to that which is
attested by some to be of this world but not perceived in this world, that which is
beyond the natural [super- is a Latin loanword prefix meaning
beyond or above]: things that can not be seen,
touched, tasted, heard, smelled, or otherwise felt in a natural, normal fashion as you
see a kitten, touch velvet, taste chocolate, hear Mozart, smell toast, or feel
cold.

It cannot literally be said that the natural and the
supernatural can be joined as two separate, disparate, individual entities, but it can
figuratively be said that the natural and supernatural can be joined. This figurative
metaphoric joining results in the idiomatic statement of a marriage between the natural
and the supernatural. In practical terms, if you read or hear this figure of speech ,
you are being told that something, perhaps a poem or a painting, has combined the
qualities of nature with supernatural qualities.

For
instance, say you read a poem that describes a tall old manor house situated up on a
small rise and surrounded closely by pine trees with its windows all open with pairs of
white net curtains billowing gently outward from each window when the weather outdoors
is still and temperate without a cloud or breeze to be seen or felt. You might then say
that this scene presents a marriage between the natural and the supernatural because
only the supernatural can cause curtains to billow outward through windows as though
moved by a mild wind from within. Thus the natural and supernatural have been joined in
a figurative bond or alliance.

i need to solve this graphically but i forgot my graphing calculator at school x^3+2x=12x

You can solve x^3 + 2x = 12x using the following
steps.

x^3 + 2x = 12x

take all
the terms to one side

=> x^3 + 2x - 12x =
0

subtract the common
terms

=> x^3 - 10 x
=0

=> x (x^2 -10)
=0

this gives either x = 0 or x^2 - 10
=0

For x^2 - 10 =0

x can be
equal to sqrt 10 and - sqrt 10

So we have three values of x
that solve the equation x = 0, x = sqrt 10 and x = -sqrt
10

The required values of x are 0, sqrt 10
and - sqrt 10

In the short story Miss Brill what in the story seems to be a symbol of Miss Brill? and what are the similaritiesno

The symbol of Ms. Brill is her prized fur.  It is locked
up in a box, comes out when it is time to take a special outing, is "frozen in time",
hidden in the dark and, in the words of the young couple that insults Ms. Brill AND her
fur, it was odd and scary looking, old, used, and looked worn
out.

Similarly, Ms. Brill is a lonely woman, also frozen in
time as it is obvious that she and her persona have not moved on with time as it should,
and lives cooped up in a dark, lonely apartment in which she lives in a form of
artificial happiness, just like her fur provides her an artificial
luxury.

In all the fur represents the old age, isolation,
and nature of life of Ms. Brill.

In Mark Twain's essay "How to Tell a Story," what does Twain say is the difference between telling a humorous story and telling a comic story?

In his essay "How to Tell a Story," Mark Twain says that
the difference between telling a humorous story and telling a comic story is has to do
with whether the teller acts like he thinks the story is funny or not. In his
estimation, telling a humorous story, which is a distinctly American skill, is "strictly
a work of art...only an artist can (do) it." The humorous story must be "told gravely;"
the teller hides the fact that he even suspects that there is anything funny about it.
It might "be spun out to great length, and may wander around as much as it pleases," and
the listener must be alert for the "nub," or point of the story, because in many cases
the teller will drop it in a way that is "carefully casual and indifferent...with the
pretense that he does not know it is a nub."

On the other
hand, the teller of the comic story is very clear that he is about to tell "one of the
funniest things he has ever heard." In Twain's opinion, comic stories are uniquely
British, and, in contrast to the humorous story, anyone can tell them. Twain describes
the comic story as being brief, and always ending with a nub. The teller is very clear
in identifying the nub of his story, and may repeat it again and again if it is received
positively.

Twain does not hold back in expressing his
disdain at the primitiveness of the comic story; to him, the humorous story requires
much more skill to tell effectively, to the point that he elevates it to an art. It is
not accident that he emphasizes the American roots of the humorous story, which, in a
tongue-in-cheek manner expresses his opinion that the American way is far superior to
the British tradition.

Show and explain the criticism of the Puritan community in The Scarlet Letter.

Much of Hawthorne's writings include direct or implied
criticism of Puritanism - a system that punished what it considered to be sin or sinners
over-harshly and seemed to breed hypocrisy. Here we have many moments of such hypocrisy,
mostly based in the character of Arthur Dimmesdale. For me, the most ironic moment comes
when it is Arthur Dimmesdale, in his role as clergyman, must remonstrate with Hester
Prynne to divulge the name of the person she committed the sin of fornication with, when
all along he and Hester knows that it was
him.

Interestingly though, overall the structure of this
novel registers historical change as we move back from Massachusetts in the nineteenth
century to Massachusetts in the seventeenth century. The book identifies a historical
trend towards greater liberality, and that is broadly identified with the softening of
social attitudes. Hawthorne couches this in terms of gender, suggesting that the
conventionally masculine attributes which dominated Puritan Boston have been displaced
by more conventionally feminine qualities, including compassion, sensitivity and
aesthetic awareness. There is room, however, for further development, as is made clear
through the ending of the novel.

What is cricoid pressure?during CPR

Cricoid pressure refers to a small amount of manual
pressure applied to the cricoid cartilage of the trachea during CPR. It is a technique
used by rescuers which tries to  maintain a patent airway during cardiopulmonary
resuscitation. During CPR sometimes the trachea is not open sufficiently to ventilate
the patient. Resistance may be felt by the person using the ambu bag or pressure is felt
by the person giving breathes via a face shield/mask.  Repositioning of the airway is
important to maintain an effective delivery of oxygen to the victim. A head tilt, chin
lift method can also be employed to reposition the airway ( if no cervical or head
trauma exists). If trauma is present, a jaw thrust maneuver can be used in place of the
head tilt, chin lift.

What is the moral of The Count of Monte Cristo?

I think the first answer is great, I would add just one
thing.  The early picture of Dantes as a trusting, hard-working and loving man is an
interesting contrast to the Edmond we see throughout most of the
story.

He changes into a rather evil, incredibly
manipulative man who trusts absolutely no one, except for perhaps his trusted servant. 
Because of this, his life is filled with wealth and power and eventually revenge, but
none of the happiness and hope and excitement for the future he felt at the
outset.

So the idea of being able to trust, of having plans
and hopes for the future besides the horrible death or ruination of others is an
important part of the moral of the story as well.

What does young Goodman Brown mean when he says “Of all nights in the year, this one night I must tarry away from thee”in Young Goodman Brown

Although we do not know the details of why
or how, we do learn from the story that for some reason,
Young Goodman Brown has agreed to make a trip into the forest on this particular night
because on this night, there is to be a meeting in the forest. That meeting is actually
an evil ceremony at which converts give their souls to the devil.  Goodman Brown is a
newlywed. He and his wife, Faith, have been married only 3 months and prior to his
making this statement, she asks him to remain at home "on this one night." She suspects
that there is something amiss with the mysterious meeting he has agreed to attend. We
also learn that the meeting is in the forest and that it is to take place on this night
only. This foreshadows the evil that will be revelaed as the story
unfolds.

In responding thusly to his wife, Young Goodman
Brown is trying to comfort her, assuring her that it will be ONLY on this night that he
must "tarry away from" her but from that point on, he will not have to leave her and
will stay with her. He sees her innocent face watching him, with her pink bows in her
hair, as he departs.

Later in the story, we find out that
the meeting in the forest is a gathering of devils and evil people, and many of the
townspeople are in attendance, including the minister and the pious Goody Cloyse -- even
Old Goodman Brown, Young Goodman Brown's father, is there. The worst part of the
ceremony, however, is that Young Goodman Brown sees his wife Faith, one of the converts.
He hurries home, and from that point on, he trusts nobody, not even Faith, believing
them all to be like him, evil at heart. It is uncertain as to whether he really
encountered the devil and his crew in the forest or whether it was only a dream. Dream
or reality, however, it becomes his reality and for the rest of his
life, he trusts no one, believing everyone to be an evil, dark
sinner. 

What are some examples of allusions in Act III of Hamlet? I need to know their literal meaning and how it helps to develop the theme.

In Scene 2, there is an allusion to a Moslem god
(Termagant) and to Herod, the Biblical King that beheaded John the Baptist. Hamlet is
talking to the troupe of players and advising them not to overdo their acting, not to be
more like Herod than Herod.

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I would have such a fellow whipped for o'erdoing

Termagant. It out-Herods Herod.  Pray you avoid
it.

He also alludes to the
Roman god, Vulcan. He is referring to his agitated, fiery state of mind since Vulcan was
the god of fire

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And my imaginations are as foul
As
Vulcan's stithy. Give him heedful
note;

There are many
allusions given by the players in the play within a play in this act. These allusions
are all to mythology:

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Full thirty times hath Phoebus'cart gone round
Neptune's salt wash and Tellus' orbed ground,(145)
And thirty dozen moons
with borrowed sheen
About the world have times twelve thirties been,

Since love our hearts, and Hymen did our
hands,

And to the mythical
witch, Hecate:

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Thou mixture rank, of midnight weeds collected,

With Hecate's ban thrice blasted, thrice
infected,

Hamlet refers to
Nero, who killed his mother, right before he goes to visit Gertrude in her chamber. He
is hoping that he will not be tempted to kill
Gertrude.

O
heart, lose not thy nature; let not ever
The soul of Nero enter this firm
bosom.

If you skim through
the rest of this Act and look for names, you will no doubt find they are allusions, and
often to mythology, which was common in Elizabethan times. Mythological characters were
well-known to the Elizabethan audience and the people would have understood the meaning
of these allusions.

What literary techniques are present in The Diamond as Big as the Ritz?These include themes, symbols, how context is used, and motifs

Since we can answer only one question at a time about a
particular work of literature, I will address the themes of this story. I have included
a link below that will help you with the remaining
part.

The primary theme of this story by Fitzgerald is the
quest for wealth and what people are willing to do to keep their wealth. John comes from
a town where wealth is worshipped, and this has shaped his view that one cannot be both
"free and poor". Fitzgerald aptly names John's home town Hades, a name for hell, 
alluding that "the love of money is the root of all evil". Braddock Washington has
allowed his love of his wealth to make prisoners out of his family; any visitors his
children bring home must be killed, so none of them can never have true friends or
prolonged contact with the outside world. But even worse, Washington has lied to his
black slaves in order to keep them enslaved. He has no qualms about kidnapping and
killing anyone who threatens his lifestyle. There's no doubt about Fitzgerald's theme
when everything is destroyed at the end of the story.

Examine Everyman as a morality play or dramatized sermon.

Everyman is a late 15th century
morality play which deals with the summoning of its protagonist, called Everyman, who
represents the mankind, by God through Death. In a medieval morality play, the setting
as well as the characters are abstract and allegorical, dramatizing the archetypal
battle between the forces of good and evil. In that sense Everyman
is also an an allegorised sermon in an early dramatic
form.

God feels that human beings are too engaged in the
pursuit of material wealth to remember him. He asks Death to visit Everyman and bring
him to God for accounting. As Death visits Everyman, he feels distressed and unprepared
for the journey. He even tries to bribe Death in order to be spared. His efforts
failing, Everyman now looks for others to accompany him to speak in favor of his
virtues. Fellowship, consisting of Everyman's friends, refuses to go with him to death.
He then approaches Kindred and Cousin, representing his family, to go with him. But even
they do not agree. Since Everyman has been engaged all his life in procuring material
goods, he believes such goods would accompany him. But Goods also disagree because his
presence would further have pushed Everyman in God's disapproval in Heaven. Everyman now
turns to Good Deeds, but she is very weak for Everyman has lifelong neglected her. She,
however, seeks the support of her sister, Knowledge, and they together approach
Confession. Confession offers Everyman a jewel, Penance, and Everyman repents for his
sins. Confession declares Everyman as absolved of his sins, and consequently his Good
Deeds strengthen to accompany him in his journey with Death. Knowledge gives Everyman a
'garment of sorrow' made up of his own tears. Good Deeds summons Beauty, Strength,
Discretion, Five Wits who all now accompany Everyman as he goes to a priest for
sacrament. But after the sacrament, all of them, except Good Deeds, abandon Everyman.
However, Everyman, now content, goes to the grave with his Good Deeds beside him. He
then climbs to Heaven to be welcomed by an Angel. At the end, the Doctor, a scholar,
comes to sound the moral that only the 'good deeds' of a man accompanies him to the
journey beyond.

Characters are all personified
abstractions, and the message is strongly didactic. The plot underlines the basic moral
discourse in its medieval paradigm.

Describe the speaker in Millay's poem "Lament".

The speaker in "Lament" is matter of fact in stating to
the children that "your father is dead...life must go on." Contrary to the title of this
poem, there is no lamenting on the part of the speaker. Without missing a beat, the
speaker is taking the clothing belonging to the deceased father and turning it into
"little jackets" and "little trousers" for the his children. While there is something to
be admired in the strength of the speaker who speaks of death as if is an everyday,
usual occurrence, there is something disturbing in the speaker's unsympathetic tone of
voice. On the other hand, the reader could sense that the speaker is forcing a sense of
acceptance in the face of death. Again, why is the poem entitled "Lament" when the
speaker is far from lamenting in tone of voice?

The irony
in the title "Lament" is that the speaker has a "get-over-it" and "life-must-go-on"
attitude in reference to the dead father. It is as if the speaker is trying to be
detached from the dead father too immediately. There is no time for grieving. There is
no reason to remember the deceased father. The speaker's attitude is too deliberate in
the immediate forgetting of a possibily cherished loved one. This could be a facade on
the part of the speaker or a play on satire. The fact that the poem is entitled "Lament"
is a clue to the reader that the speaker does have something or someone worthy to
lament. The speaker's decision to abruptly forget the dead father is perhaps the
speaker's best way deal with the pain of a loss that is too unbearable to express. There
is evidence of this analysis when the speaker states that "good men die" to only be
forgotten for "life must go on," and "I forget just why" is the speaker's satirical
response to the fact that death is believed by society to be a "normal" part of life.
                        

Given that f(-1)=3, f(2)=4, f(1)=1 find the quadratic function f(x)

We'll write the expression of the quadratic
function:

f(x)=ax^2 + bx +
c

f(-1)=3

We'll substitute x
by -1 in the expression of the quadratic:

f(-1)=a*(-1)^2 +
b*(-1) + c=a-b+c

a-b+c=3
(1)

f(2)=4

f(2)=a*(2)^2
+ b*(2) + c

4a + 2b + c = 4
(2)

f(1)=1

f(1)=a*(1)^2
+ b*(1) + c=a+b+c

a+b+c=1
(3)

We'll add (1) +
(3):

a-b+c+a+b+c=3+1

We'll
eliminate and combine like terms:

2a + 2c =
4

We'll divide by 2:

a + c = 2
(4)

We'll multiply (1) by
2:

2a - 2b + 2c = 6 (5)

We'll
add (5) + (2):

2a - 2b + 2c + 4a + 2b + c = 6 +
4

We'll eliminate and combine like
terms:

6a + 3c = 10 (6)

We'll
multiply (4) by -3:

-3a - 3c = -6
(7)

We'll add (6) + (7):

6a +
3c -3a - 3c = 10 - 6

3a =
4

We'll divide by
3:

a =
4/3

We'll substitute a in 6a + 3c =
10.

6*(4/3) + 3c = 10

8 + 3c =
10

3c = 10-8

3c =
2

c =
2/3

We'll substitute a and c in
(1):

4/3 - b + 2/3 = 3

2 - b =
3

We'll subtract 2 both
sides:

-b = 3-2

-b =
1

b =
-1

The
quadratic funation
is:

f(x)
= (4/3)x^2 - x + 2/3

What is f(x) if f(x)-2f(-x)=3x-1

As we can notice, the given expression f(x)-2f(-x)=3x-1 is
a linear
function.

 f(x)=ax+b.

We'll
substitute "x" by "-x" and we'll rewrite the above
expression.

f(-x)-2f(-(-x))=3(-x)-1

f(-x)-2f(x)=-3x-1
(1)

-2f(-x)+f(x)=3x-1
(2)

We'll consider f(x) and f(-x) as
unknowns.

We'll multiply the expression (1) by the value
"+2" and after that we'll add the expression (1) to the expression
(2).

2f(-x)-4f(x)-2f(-x)+f(x)=-6x-2+3x-1

-3f(x)=-3x-3

We'll
divide the expression by
"-3"

f(x)=x+1

where
a=1 and b=1

Can someone help me to know more about wines and learn the art of wine tasting?

Depending on where you live, there are often multiple
opportunities to educate yourself in the art and knowledge of enjoying
wine.

Paid
opportunities:

Community College Classes: any community
college with a culinary arts department likely offers a wine-tasting class.  I took one
for fun one year.  It was $40 for 6 weeks, and we met every Thursday night for 2 hours. 
The teacher brought between 7 and 10 different varietals for us to taste and also
provided fruit, chocolate and cheese.  She would show us how different foods brought out
different flavors in the wine.  We were taught what to expect in the aroma and on the
pallet.  It was a lot of fun and though no one walked away an expert, we certainly had a
better idea of what we liked or disliked at the end.

Free
opportunities: Most of the following examples do not have any overhead or "entry" fee,
however, most expect that you purchase a glass or a bottle of wine before you
leave.

Upscale grocery stores: Many (such as Whole Foods
and The Fresh Market) have weekly wine tastings at a scheduled time.  Even if you do not
live near one of these stores, check with any grocery store near you that has a wine
section and ask if they do tastings.  Usually these are free, and in my experience, not
very busy.  You can get lots of personal attention and have questions answered.  Also,
it is very low key, so do not be afraid to admit you know nothing about wine.  Ususally
this kind of customer is exactly who they are hoping
for.

Wine warehouses and/or wine-bars: Usually in slightly
bigger cities you can find stores completely devoted to wine (like Total Wine and More)
as well as restaurants or wine-bars that specialize in wine and wine-pairing.  These
places are just as excited to educate their customers as they are to sell them
something.  In addition to holding their own scheduled wine-tastings, I'm fairly certain
you can call ahead and schedule a "wine tasting party" yourself, especially if you are
bringing in a group of paying customers.

Local vineyards:
If you live in an area of the country where grape-vines grow and local wine is abundant,
you can take a tour of local vineyards.  Washington, California, Texas and North
Carolina are four states that I know of where you can pick up a map of local vineyards
at any tourism venue and visit the very place where the grapes
grow.

Do it yourself: In the novelty or "Food" section of
any major bookstore, you can find "Wine Journals."  These are notebooks organized
specifically to help people keep track of different wines they have tried.  You enter
the date and the occasion, the wine brand and varietal, and what you ate.  Then there's
a section to describe your thoughts.  This is something that is fun if you want to go
out on your own and just try.  In the end, any expert will tell you that the definition
of a "good wine" is simply one that you enjoy.

What are the morals in The Pilgrim's Progress?

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Allegory:
The term loosely describes any writing in verse or prose that has a double meaning. This
narrative acts as an extended metaphor in which persons, abstract ideas, or events
represent not only themselves on the literal level, but they also stand for something
else on the symbolic level. An allegorical reading usually involves moral or spiritual
concepts that may be more significant than the actual, literal events described in a
narrative. [ href="http://web.cn.edu/kwheeler/lit_terms_a.html">Literary Terms and
Definitions. Dr. Kip Wheeler, Department of English, Carson-Newman
College.]

Paul Bunyon's
Pilgrim's Progress is a Christian allegory, which means that, as an
extended metaphor, the characters and action of the narrative have a double meaning and
that the underlying metaphorical spiritual and moral meaning overrides the importance of
the literal narrative meaning: the moral and spiritual lessons of the story are more
important than the action the characters undertake. This is relevant because when asking
what the morals of the story are, the answer must come from the meaning of the whole
book in its entirety.

The many morals include being
faithful to Christian theology, belief and practice; being hopeful toward the coming
resurrection and union with the God of Christianity; aspire toward attaining a place in
the "Celestial City" of Heaven; don't be feeble minded and blown from your path by every
idea that comes along; be valiant in defending the truth of Christianity; don't yield to
despondency; be forever honest with persons; be steadfast in pursuing the righteous of
those who attain the Celestial City; bear no ill-will toward others; don't prejudge
persons, places or ideas; don't be ignorant, lacking in knowledge, training and
information; don't be obstinate about doing what is good or right; continue progressing
on the pilgrim's path to the Celestial City and righteousness. Two most important morals
can be extrapolated from the whole, however.

The first most
important moral is that while on the pilgrim believer's journey to the ultimate goal of
the Celestial City of Heaven, you must not allow yourself to be distracted by actions,
beliefs or attitudes that will deter you and waylay you in some slough or other trap of
unrighteousness and faithlessness: keep looking toward the goal and keep progressing in
the spirit and attitude of joy and steadfastness. The second most important moral,
pointed out as important by being the subject of the climax of the story, is that
ignorance must be corrected or it will surely lead to (1) a failure to attain the
Celestial City and also to (2) eternal suffering, separation from the righteous and
destruction.

Though some critics question Bunyon's choice
to have the punishment of Ignorance as the climax of the story, when seen in this light,
as the second most important moral, and when seen as the antithesis (opposite) of the
progress toward the goal in the correct spirit and attitude, it is easier to see why
Bunyon chose this climax since it accentuates what he saw as the greatest obstacle to
successful progress for the pilgrim.

Solve the equation (2x-3)^2+(x+2)^2=10+5x^2

To solve the equation, we'll have to expand the squares
from the left side, first.

To expand the squares, we'll use
the formula:

(a+b)^2 = a^2 + 2ab +
b^2

We'll expand the square:
(2x-3)^2

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

(2x-3)^2 = 4x^2 - 12x +
9

We'll expand
(x+2)^2:

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

(x+2)^2 = x^2 + 4x +
4

We'll re-write the
equation:

4x^2 - 12x + 9 + x^2 + 4x + 4 =
10+5x^2

We'll subtract both sides
(10+5x^2):

4x^2 - 12x + 9 + x^2 + 4x + 4 - 10 - 5x^2 =
0

We'll combine and eliminate like
terms:

-8x + 3 = 0

We'll
subtract 3 both sides:

-8x =
-3

We'll divide by -8:

x =
-3/-8

x = 3/8

x
= 0.375

"Good Country People." What is significant about the title?

I find two things most significant about the title of
Flannery O'Connor's "Good Country People." First, Hulga considers herself more
intelligent than all of the good country people around her. She has earned a PhD, has
suffered a disability and has seen a bit more of the world around her than her
neighbors. Second, and most importantly, I find the title deliberately ironic since she
is so completely fooled by the perverse huckster posing as a travelling Bible salesman,
Manley Pointer. Pointer is anything but good, and when he leaves Hulga in the hayloft
without her wooden leg, she learns a lesson that could never have been taught in
college. But Manley is not alone in his lack of goodness. Mrs. Freeman's two daughters
are mostly good at attracting men; one is 15 and pregnant and the other is proud of her
many male admirers. Neither of the two mothers were able to hang on to their husbands,
and Mrs. Freeman uses only the back, kitchen door; she apparently is not welcome to use
Mrs. Hopewell's front door. Hulga is the most out of place of all the good country
people: a woman who thinks a little too highly of herself, who feels sorry for herself,
and who seems to hate the life around her--that is, until she is conned by
Manley.

What are the main idea's for chapters 6, 8, and 9I need on sentence for each chapter, not the overall main idea for the novel

In chapter 6, Nick gives a retrospect account of Gatsby’s
real story. He explains that Gatsby’s real name is James Gatz, he was born in North
Dakota, went to college at St. Olaf’s, dropped out, and then began working for a man
that would soon become his mentor, Dan Cody, a wealthy man who made his millions in
copper. When Cody died, he left money to Gatsby, but Cody’s mistress sued for the money,
and Gatsby wound up with nothing. At that point, he vowed to become a wealthy man
himself. In the present action, Tom stops by Gatsby’s house one day for a drink with
some friends, the friends hypocritically invite Gatsby to lunch, but then sneak away
when Gatsby accepts. Tom and Daisy attend a party at Gatsby’s house that weekend, and
Tom grows suspicious of Gatsby and Daisy. Gatsby grows upset when Daisy leaves, thinking
she has not had a good time. He tells Nick he wants Daisy to leave Tom. So, in one
sentence you can say: Nick describes how Gatsby went from a North Dakota
farmer to a mysterious East coast
millionaire.

Chapter 8 occurs right after
Myrtle Wilson has been run over by Daisy and Gatsby’s car. The main thing that happens
in this chapter is that George Wilson is led by Tom to believe that Gatsby was driving
the car that killed his wife, Myrtle, so he goes to West Egg and kills Gatsby while
Gatsby is floating in his pool. In one sentence: While speeding back from
New York City to Long Island, Tom’s mistress Myrtle Wilson is run down by a car in which
Gatsby and Daisy are riding.

Chapter 9 is
the last chapter. Nick ties things up. He describes Gatsby’s funeral and how Tom and
Daisy mysteriously disappeared after Gatsby was killed. Nick breaks up with Jordon,
decides to move back to the Midwest, and runs into Tom on the street one day just before
leaving New York. He concludes that Tom and Daisy are careless people and that their
lifestyle is selfish and vacuous and a result of the back-East culture that places so
much emphasis on wealth. He bemoans Gatsby’s tragic life and death, and the hollowness
of the so-called American dream. In one sentence: Dismayed over Gatsby’s
life and death and the hollow pursuit of the American dream, Nick grows disenchanted
with the East and decides to move back to the
Midwest.

Compare the poetry of Anne Bradstreet to Phillis Wheatley as to theme, tone, use of symbols/imagery and place in American literature with quotes.

I'm certainly no expert on either Phillis Wheatley or Anne
Bradstreet, but I have read several selections by each of them.  As I see no one else
has answered your question, I'll share my observations and hope you find them helpful. 
Bradstreet's work is a little older than Wheatley's, and it was written as private work
which was never intended to be published.  Her poetry was primarily personal in terms of
content--devotional/spiritual and emotional reflections.  Her work is
structured formally (as in clear rhyming patterns and rhythms) and there are few
surprises poetically in her work.  Instead, we read the simple,
straightforward reflections of a woman who loves God, her husband, and her
home. 

Wheatley, on the other hand, is a much more
sophisticated poet.  While Bradstreet was a devout believer and early settler in
America, Wheatley was a black woman who had clearly been given some formal educational
training.  She uses many allusions (references to things outside the literature),
including mythology and the Bible.  Her work is not all particularly patterned (again, I
don't claim to have read all her work, so take that into account) or rhymed.  Her poetry
is more lyrical and full of imagery than Bradstreet's, and her subject matter is more
connected to her circumstances in life as a black woman brought from Africa to
America. 

Both women reflect on spiritual themes (for
example, Bradstreet thanks God even when her house burns down, and Wheatley expresses
her thankfulness to God for letting her come to America).

I
wish I had more, but that should at least get you thinking about the selections you've
read and will prompt some new ideas about which you can reflect.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, how does Scout's description of her dead mother reflect her immaturity, sense of humour and perceptiveness.

You are right in identifying the importance of the point
of view in this story. As the tale is narrated from the first person perspective, coming
from Scout, we see everything from the point of view of a child, and therefore the
description is full of her perspective and thoughts. Your original question had to be
edited for asking too many questions, so I have chosen to focus on how Scout describes
her mother:

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Our mother died when I was two, so I never felt
her absence. She was a Graham from Montgomery; Atticus met her when he was first elected
to the state legislature. He was middle-aged then, she was fifteen years his junior. Jem
was the product of their first year of marriage; four years later I was born, and two
years later our mother died from a sudden heart attack. They said it ran in her family.
I did not miss her, but I think Jem did. He remembered her clearly, and sometimes in the
middle of a game he would sigh at length, then go off and play by himself behind the
car-house. When he was like that, I knew better than to bother
him.

What is of interest in
this account is Scout's very matter-of-fact response to her mother. As she was only two
when her mother died, she hardly remembers her and "never felt her absence". Scout says
that she did not miss her mother, but then goes on to show sensitivity and understanding
in narrating how her brother does, and how he reacts to his grief and his feeling of her
loss. Scout thus shows a realistic reaction to the mother she in a sense has never
known, as well as her perceptiveness in determining that her brother, Jem, is still
affected by their mother's death.

How does the newly announced carcinoma-curing technique using gold atoms work?

A new way of carcinoma treatment comprises the use of gold
nano shells on carboxylated polystyrene spheres (GNCPSs). The gold nano particles can
perform an efficient conversion of light that is absorbed by them into heat energy and
this makes them suitable for use as selective photo thermal agents in molecular cancer
cell destruction.

The nano particles are first applied on
the cancerous tissue and then treated with a low dose of light of frequency 808 nm or
visible light argon laser. By doing this it has been seen that the cancerous tissue can
be destroyed with the use of less than half the energy required in the methods being
used right now. The rate of cancer cell elimination is also found to be
higher.

A farmer releases tens of thousands of wasps ino his field. Why might he do this?

In my opinion, the most likely reason that a farmer would
release wasps into his field would be if he meant to use them as a form of biological
pest control.  In other words, the farmer might be using wasps as a form of pesticide so
that he does not have to use chemical pesticides.

This can
be done if the farmer has problems (or wants to prevent problems) with some sort of
pests that the wasps can prey upon.  He will then release the wasps and they will kill
the pests.  That way, he does not have to use chemicals to kill the
pests.

The link I have provided shows one example of using
wasps in this way.

In chapters 23-24, how are Pip and Mrs. Pocket alike?

Pip and Mrs. Pocket are alike in two ways, I believe.
First of all, they are both naive to the point of being “clueless” and second of all,
they are both not happy with their social status.

Pip is
clueless about his benefactor. He immediately assumes it is Miss Havisham, even though
he realizes early on what type of twisted woman she is. He ignores logic and persists in
thinking that it is she that has provided for him. Granted, there are some reasons for
him to think this, but he continues to ignore all evidence to the contrary as the novel
progresses. This is why meeting up again with his real benefactor, Magwitch, is such a
shock to him. Pip has a false sense of reality.

Mrs. Pocket
is also clueless and has a false sense of reality, only much worse than Pip. I have
always imagined that Dickens included her character as a foil to Pip – in showing how
outrageous Mrs. Pocket was, perhaps he was pointing out, to a lesser degree, the danger
of Pip continuing on his own path of distorted reality. Mrs. Pocket is so caught up in
the false idea that she is royalty, that she is totally ridiculous and cannot even
function in life. She is a baby machine, and that is all. Her servants and her husband
take care of the household and the children.

Neither Mrs.
Pocket nor Pip are happy with their stations in life. When Pip learns that he is a
low-class “blacksmith’s boy” at Miss Havisham’s Satis House, he is no longer satisfied
with his own station in life. Prior to this time, he was content living with Joe, albeit
perhaps not his sister. He was expected to be apprenticed to Joe when he became of age,
and he was OK with that. He figured that perhaps he would not like being a blacksmith,
but he loved Joe so much, he thought he would adapt. All of that changed when he saw
Estella, became enamored of her even as a young boy, and nothing would ever be the same.
He knew he could never have her unless he had greater expectations in life than being a
blacksmith.

Mrs. Pocket is in denial about her station in
life. In contrast to Pip, however, hers reaches the point of ridiculousness and Dickens
uses this to underscore his theme of class struggle. She fancies herself an aristocrat
and even though she is not, she acts like she is. This renders her totally useless as a
wife and mother. Her children are in chaos about her, as is her household, and all she
does is read books about nobility. She misinterprets everything that happens, including
almost poking her baby’s eye out and not becoming angry at the cook when the cook gets
drunk and passes out on the kitchen floor. Mrs. Pocket gets angry, instead, at the
servant who brings the news.

Dickens uses both of these
characters to point out his theme about class. The poor characters are the noble ones
(Joe, Magwitch, Biddy), the rich ones are evil (Miss Havisham, Bentley Drummle, Estella)
or ridiculous (Mrs. Pocket, Uncle Pumblechook).

What are the similarities and differences between the stories "On the Sidewalk Bleeding" and "The Sniper"?

One of the first and most obvious similarites is that the
central character in each selection is a young man. (Andy is sixteen in Sidewalk and the
Republican sniper is a "student," suggesting youthfulness.) Additionally, each selection
depicts the young men at a pivotal point in their lives. They have both chosen to align
themselves to violent factions. Andy joins the Royals (gang), believing that it will
give his life purpose and definition. Likewise, the sniper becomes "fanatic(al)" in his
views toward the future of Ireland and enlists in the
military.

In each story, the narrator's descriptions and
comments suggest that the young men are with their decisions to engage in violent
lifestyles. However, the plots quickly lead to a reversal of
opinions.

Andy is stabbed because he is wearing the purple
silk jacket (indicating that he is a Royal). His final wish is to remove the jacket and
resume his identity as simply "Andy." Likewise, the sniper cleverly fools his enemy into
believing that he has been killed. Then, he decidedly shoots and kills him. However,
once he maneuvers himself and is able to view the corpse, he realizes that he has killed
his brother. In each instance, the young man regrets his decision and wishes for a
different outcome.

One significant difference between the
stories is that Andy's gang involvement is illegal, while the sniper is a trained
military combatant. In addition, Andy's gang, the Royals, wage war against the
Guardians, a rival gang. On the other hand, the sniper is engaged in a civil war, in
which the soldiers on both sides belong to the same country.

Comment on how the incidents in the text develop the children's sense of real courage.

Jem and Scout are kids, and they have a rather
undeveloped persepective on what courage is.  We know (in ch. 10) they believe their dad
is an old man and "can't do anything"; and they wish he had a really cool and important
job--

"Our
father didn't do anything.  He worked in an office, not in a drugstore.  Atticus did not
drive a dump-truck for the county, he was not the sheriff, he not farm, work in a
garage, or do anything that could possibly arouse the admiration of
anyone."

They're most
impressed with him when they find out he's an expert shot with a rifle.  Knowing that,
their unrealistic view of courage has to develop by experiences with the people they
come in contact during the course of the novel.  Here are a
few:

1. Mrs. Henry Lafayette DuBose, who kicks a
   morphine addiction at the end of her life simply because she wanted to prove to herself
   that she could.


2. Miss Maudie, who stands up to the
   bullying of the "foot-washing Baptists" and town
   gossips.


3. Boo Radley, who risks his life for
   them.


4. Tom Robinson, who shows compassion for Mayella
   despite the potential risk to him.


5. Helen Robinson, who
   walks to work with her head held high, even though Bob Ewell is a menacing presence as
   she does so.


6. Dolphus Raymond, who lives the life he
   chooses, regardless of the town's disapproval.


7. Mr.
   Underwood, who speaks his mind in an editorial about the prejudice in Maycomb and risks
   losing his business.


8. Dill, who crosses the country on his
   own.


9. Judge Taylor, who does his best to give Tom the
   fairest trial he can in the circumstances he's
   in.


10. Atticus, who is the same in his house as he is on the
    street, who believes in a black man's innocence and tries to free him, who sits outside
    a jail cell to ensure his client's safety...and on it
    goes.

There are plenty more, as you know once
you start thinking about examples like these.  The kids' view of courage is developed
and "fleshed out" as they encounter the characters in their world during the two years
of this story. 

What is x if lg(10x+4)=lg(4x-2) ?

First, we'll have to impose constraints of existance of
logarithms.

The first constraint:
10x+4>0

We'll divide by 2 both
sides:

5x+2>0

5x>-2

We'll
divide by 5 both
sides:

x>-2/5

The
second constraint: 4x-2>0

We'll divide by 2 boh
sides:

2x - 1>0

We'll
add 1 both
sides:

2x>1

We'll
divide by 2 both
sides:

x>1/2

The values
of x which satisfy both constraints belong to the interval (1/2 ,
+inf.)

Since the bases of logarithms are matching, we'll
solve the equation, using the one to one property of
logarithms:

10x + 4 = 4x -
2

We'll factorize by
2:

2(5x+2) = 2(2x-1)

We'll
divide by 2 both sides:

5x+2 =
2x-1

We'll subtract 2x both
sides:

5x - 2x + 2 = -1

3x + 2
= -1

We'll subtract 2 both
sides:

3x = -3

We'll divide by
3:

x = -1 <
1/2

The x value doesn't belong to the
interval of admissible values, so, the equation has no
solution.

Explain the role of primary dealers in the money market.

Primary dealers are large commercial banks which operate
under the supervision of the U.S. Federal bank or broker-dealers registered with the
SEC. They are required to have a capital base in accord with Tier 1 and Tier 2
capitalization, which covers both equity capitalization and core capitalization.
Capitalization is a significant qualification for being a primary dealer because PDs
keep the Federal Reserve trading desk operations running
efficiently.

Primary dealers buy securities from those
issuing them and then sell them to smaller investors. The system of dealing through
primary dealers gives the sellers an assurance that all the securities on issue will be
sold. But at the same time it gives the primary dealers a lot of power and the ability
to manipulate the process of buying and selling
securities.

For this reason strict laws have been enacted
to prevent any collusion between dealers and to ensure that they cannot take undue
advantage of their monetary power.

I need help coming up with an argument for my work based on Outcast/Outsider in "A Worn Path".There seem to be racism in "A Worn Path" but I need...

Clearly there are plenty of examples of racism in the
story which you can use to demonstrate how Phoenix is an outsider. Consider her meeting
with the white hunter who initially is friendly with her but then his actions have more
menacing overtones:

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...then he laughed and lifted his gun and
pointed it at Phoenix.

She stood straight and faced
him.

"Doesn't the gun scare you?" he said, still pointing
it.

"No, sir, I seen plenty go off closer by, in my day,
and for less than what I
done."

Phoenix is definitely
an "outsider" in the way that she is treated by whites, as this episode demonstrates. It
is clear that the white hunter points his gun at Phoenix on a whim, and also it is clear
that Phoenix is not surprised by this behaviour.

Another
episode you will want to talk about occurs when Phoenix reaches town and tries to get
the medicine she needs for her grandson. The staff in the doctor's automatically assume
she is a "charity case", and then verbally abuse her as she does not respond to their
impertinence. She is patronised and treated badly, and later on Phoenix herself makes it
clear that she is an outsider not just because of her skin colour but also because of
her lack of education:

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"I am an old woman without an
education."

Therefore Phoenix
is an outsider in lots of different senses: in terms of her race, in terms of her social
standing, in terms of geography and where she lives and in terms of her level of
education. Hope this helps!

What is the significance of the iron and the process of ironing?I'm writing an essay and the above question I have to include in it "I Stand Here...

In Tillie Olsen's "I Stand Here Ironing" the mother's act
of ironing is a metaphor for an examination of the past in an effort to reconcile her
responsibilities to and relationship with her daughter Emily.  In her
stream-of-consciousness, the mother passes back and forth in time, like the iron, and
attempts to "iron out" her feelings and actions.  For instance, she tells the official
from the school,

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I nursed her.  They feel that's important
nowadays....I do not even know if it matters, or if it explains
anything.

After this
statement, the mother goes back over the daughter's childhood, admitting that she had to
put Emily in a nurseries "that are only parking places for children"; later, she
confesses to having to place Emily in an orphanage. As she irons and remembers, the
mother returns to stages in Emily's life with added explanation of her actions, "What
could I do?"  At times she even says, "I put the iron down" as she reflects upon Emily's
character and comedic talents.  Indeed, Tillie Olsen's short story "I Stand Here
Ironing" fuses both motherhood and experience in the metaphor of
ironing.

3 l 5x-3 l + 8 = 11 solve for XI think I wrote the question correctly :)

We'll solve the module in ths
way:

3 l 5x-3 l + 8 =
11   

We'll subtract 8 both sides
first :

3 l 5x-3 l = 11-8

3 l
5x-3 l = 3

We'll divide by
3:

 l 5x-3 l = 1

We'll get 2
cases to solve:

1) We'll impose the constraint of absolute
value:

5x - 3 for 5x -
3>=0

5x>=3

x>=3/5

Now,
we'll solve the equation:

5x - 3 =
1

We'll add 3 both sides:

5x =
4

x = 4/5

The value of x
belongs to the interval of admissible values:

[3/5 ,
+inf.)

2) -5x + 3 for 5x -
3<0

5x<3

x<3/5

Now,
we'll solve the equation:

-5x + 3 =
1

We'll subtract 3 both
sides:

-5x = -2

We'll divide
by -5:

x = 2/5

Since the value
of x belongs to the interval of admissible values, x = 2/5 is also a root of the given
equation.

The roots of the equation are: {2/5
; 4/5}.

Three forces acting at a point are F1=2i-j+3k, F2=-i+3j+2k, F3=-i+2j-k.Find the directions and magnitude of F1+F2+F3, F1-F2+F3.

In order to add 3 vectors, F1, F2, F3, we'll add or
subtract algebraically the coefficients of correspondent unit vectors:
i,j,k.

F1+F2+F3 = (2i-j+3k) + (-i+3j+2k) +
(-i+2j-k)

We'll remove the brackets and combine like
terms:

F1+F2+F3 = i(2-1-1) + j(-1+3+2) +
k(3+2-1)

F1+F2+F3 = 0i + 4j +
4k

So, the resultant vector of the sum of 3
vectors F1+F2+F3 has no component in the x direction, but it has a component of 4 units
in y direction and a component of 4 units in z
direction.

The magnitude of
the resultant vector is:

|F1+F2+F3| = sqrt (0^2 + 4^2 +
4^2)

|F1+F2+F3| = sqrt
32

|F1+F2+F3| =
4sqrt2

|F1+F2+F3| = 5.66
units

The resultant vector has
a magnitude of 5.66 units and it is located in y-z plane. The vector makes an angle with
y axis.

What is the length/width/height of a rectangle in metres, that's volume is 8,000 cubic feet?

The volume V of of the rectangular prism  is the product
of length l, width w and height h and  is given by:

l*w*h =
V.

l*w*h = 8000 c ft.

We can
have many solutions. Some are as follows:

20'*20'*20'
=8000c ft, if l=w=h = 20' =  20*0.3048 m =6.096 m, as  1 ft  =
0.3048meter.

For different length, width and heights , here
are some solutions.

40'*20'*10' = 8000 c ft . So  l=  40
ft, w=20 ft, h = 10 ft. Or l,=40*0.3048 m = 1.192, W = 20*0.3048 = 6.096m and h = 3.048
m

50'* 20'*8 ' = 8000 cft. So l=50', w = 20' and h = 8' Orl
= 15.24m wl= 15.24m, h = 2.4384

100 '* 10' * 8' = 8000 c
ft. So, l=100, w = 10' and h= 8'. Or l = 30.48, w = 3.048m , h =
2.4384m.

Explain the vices or problems Tartuffe represents and explain whether or not Tartuffe is the only to blame for the problems in Tartuffe.

Tartuffe is an extremely
entertaining, satirical play, written by Moliere, a famous playwright with a flair for
comedy--with the purpose of pointing out the foibles of society.  In this case,
Moliere's intention is to highlight the hypocrisy of French society regarding its
tendency to preach religious and moral standards to others, while disregarding those
same standards for themselves.

In this play, Tartuffe is a
charming con man.  He makes the acquaintance of a very wealthy man, Orgon.  Without much
thought, Orgon takes Tartuffe into his home as a guest although Tartuffe is a
stranger.

Tartuffe acts like a very holy and religious man.
 Orgon, taken in by this charlatan, asks Tartuffe to reside with the family as a moral
guide, and he offers Tartuffe the best of everything, including his attention and
affection--even better than what Orgon's family receives. Orgon even goes as far as to
plan Tartuffe's marriage to Orgon's daughter.

Although he
is warned by others that Tartuffe is a fraud, Orgon can see no fault in Tartuffe until
Orgon catches the con man making advances toward his own
wife.

However, Tartuffe is not wholly to blame.  Moliere
structures the play around Tartuffe who represents the hypocrisy of French society, as
Moliere sees it.  (The Church banned the play for several years.) However, Tartuffe is
simply the foil used to expose Orgon, who represents that portion of society that is
gullible and foolish.  Had Orgon not been so easily duped, if he had been able to
consider the advice of those around him in seeing Tartuffe more objectively, Tartuffe
would certainly never have been allowed to have his way in Orgon's home.  It is only
when Orgon can see for himself (another character of human nature) that the foolish man
finally believes what others have been trying to tell
him.

In the meantime, as he tries to throw Tartuffe out,
Tartuffe threatens revenge by taking secret documents Orgon had told Tartuffe about, to
the King.  It looks like Orgon is about to lose everything for having foolishly taken
Tartuffe into his confidence, but at the last minute, the King's men arrest Tartuffe for
other crimes he has committed.  The play ends as Orgon tries to put his life back in
order.

Orgon has learned that although Tartuffe is to blame
for specific misdeeds against Orgon and his family, that Orgon himself is guilty of
letting Tartuffe into his home and putting those closest to him in jeopardy by placing
Tartuffe above them in his heart and mind.

Which female character in Chopin's stories possesses true love for her husband? Calixta, Louise or Desiree?

Chopin’s stories often depict women who are trapped by
gender role expectations and pressured to conform to societal norms. In these instances,
all three characters - Calixta (“The Storm”), Louise (“The Story of an Hour”) and
Desiree (“Desiree’s Baby”) – are each married. However, only Desiree truly loves her
husband.

Calixta demonstrates (through her passionate act
with Alcee) that her commitment to her marriage is brittle and weak. Though her remarks
do not betray contempt for her marital union, her spontaneous and lustful reaction to
Alcee’s advances suggests that she feels less than fulfilled within her marriage. When
her husband returns following the storm, she easily falls into what seems to be a
monotonous routine.

The character of Louise Mallard is also
dissatisfied with her marital arrangement. According to the text, she “did not hear the
story as many women have heard the same, with a paralyzed inability to accept its
significance.” Rather, she immediately gave way to tears, crying and sobbing in her
sister’s arms. Her tears flow rapidly and abundantly. Then, they are gone. Louise goes
upstairs to her room and tries to resist feelings that seem to overpower her. She
attempts to halt a feeling of freedom and to suppress her joy at being released from an
unfulfilling marriage. Finally, she acknowledges her joy and her husband returns. She
drops dead from the shock, demonstrating that she was so discontented with her marriage
that the realization that she was still bound to her husband was so disappointing that
it killed her.  

Desiree Valmonde married Armand Aubigny
because she loved him entirely. Her first desire was to please her husband and she was
certain that she succeeded when she gave him a son. She felt that her good marriage was
bettered by the presence of her child. She was content to be loved by a husband whom she
adored.  Unfortunately, when Armand began to change for the worse, neglecting and
avoiding her and her marriage began to fall apart. When he accusingly suggests that she
is not white and openly shows his disgust for her, she still holds out the hope that her
love will soothe and conquer his disquietude. Instead, he rejects her and she lovingly
leaves her home to appease him. Her love for Armand was strong enough to endure
heartbreak, sacrifice and shame.

How would you describe Mayella and her home life?

Living in her rundown house situated between the town dump
and the Negro Quarters, Mayella is cast as a lonely and mistreated older teen who has
reached adulthood but has no one with which to share her life. Her mother has been dead
a "long time," and she seems befuddled when Atticus asks her while on the witness stand
if she has any friends. Her loneliness is so great that she has saved her nickels so she
can send her brothers and sisters out of the house in order to be alone in order to lure
Tom Robinson inside. She has never been kissed, and though Tom is black, he is her best
chance for a quick bit of romance. To Mayella, Tom is like forbidden fruit, but her
choices are limited, and he is one of the only people who ventures onto the property. We
also discover that her father has probably beaten her before, and there is even an
underlying hint that he may have taken advantage of her sexually in the
past.

Two fair dice are thrown.Let ‘A’ denote the event that first die shows an odd number and ‘B’denote the event that the second die shows a...

The dice role is random. So each die consists of a set {1
.. 6}. Knowing what was rolled on one die provides no information on what was rolled on
the second die. Pretend the die A is labeled {1 ..6 } while die B is labeled { A .. B }.
There is no union between these two sets, so the event of rolling the die remains
independent. So the answer to your question is that, yes events A and B
are independent.

You can see this by examining the
conditional probability. Two events are independent
if:

P(A|B) = P(A)

P(A|B) = 1/2
= P(A)

P(B|A) = 1/2 =
P(B)

If A and B were on the same die,
the answer would be different.

The standard definition
of independence is:

Two events A and B are independent if
and only if Pr(A ∩ B) = Pr(A)Pr(B).

A is the set: {1,3,5}
--> P(A) = 1/2

B is the set: {1,2,3,5} -->
P(B) = 2/3

A ∩ B is the set : {1,3,5} --> P(A ∩ B) =
1/2

Pr(A ∩ B)
≠ Pr(A)Pr(B)

Therefore these events are
not independent.

What were Professor Joshua Chamberlain's reasons for joining the military in The Killer Angels?

A professor of rhetoric at Bowdoin College in Maine before
the war, Colonel Joshua Chamberlain had enlisted in the Union army because of a simple
belief: the dignity of man. The Southern cause supported slavery, and this Chamberlain
could not abide.

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This was the land where no man had to bow... The
fact of slavery upon this incredibly beautiful new clean earth was appalling, but more
even than that was the curse of old Europe, the curse of nobility, which the South was
transplanting to new soil... Chamberlain had come to crush
it.

He believed that in his
United States, unlike in other countries, the American fought for mankind and freedom.
He would fight for the people, not the land. Chamberlain also tells his men that joining
the army was " 'the right thing to do.' " They would not be fighting for the land, he
repeats, but instead for each other.