In "Just Lather, That's All", what idea do you suppose the author was developing through the story?

This is a fascinating question, because at first glance it
is hard to work out what the meaning is in this excellent tale of suspense. However, for
me, the meaning of the story comes at the end of the tale, when the internal conflict of
the barber is resolved as he decides not to kill Captain Torres and he seems to
recognise both his place in the world, and also the place of Captain
Torres:

But I
don't want to be a murderer. You came to me for a shave. And I perform my work
honourably... I don't want blood on my hands. Just lather, than's all. You are an
executioner and I am only a barber. Each person has his own place in the scheme of
things.

It is this
recognition of every person having their own place "in the scheme of things" that
suggests that the barber comes to have a grudging respect for Captain Torres, because he
recognises that every person has a specific role in life that they are made for, and
that they are made to do to the best of their ability.

What
is key to this theme is the final paragraph, where we, along with the barber, are
shocked to discover that Captain Torres new all along that the barber was a
rebel:

In the
doorway he paused for a moment and said, "They told me that you'd kill me. I came to
find out. But killing isn't easy. You can take my word for it." And he turned and walked
out.

What is interesting is
that this final paragraph suggests that Captain Torres has also gained grudging respect
for the barber. We know that Captain Torres is an executioner, and thus it is surprising
that he lets the barber live and walks out. Perhaps he too has come to have a grudging
admiration for the barber and his recognition of his place in "the scheme of things." It
also suggests another side to the supposedly brutal Captain Torres, a side that shows it
is not easy to kill, maim and torture.

Calculate a10 if a4 = 19, a1 = 10, a1 and a4 being the terms of A. P.

a4 = 19, a1 = 10 to find a10 of the
AP.

Solution:

For an
Arithmetic progression, the rth term ar = a1+(r-1)d, where d  is the common difference.
So,

a4  - a1 = a1+3d-a1 =
3d

Here a4 -a1 = 19- 10 = 9

3d
=9

d =3.

S0 a10 = a1+(10-1)d =
10 +(10-1)*3 = 37

In "The Yellow Wallpaper" what are evidences that show the narrator's husband drove her further into insanity?

The narrator's husband was a doctor, and constantly chided
her for doing things that he felt would over-exert her nervous temperment.  He also
treated her like a child, and took away anything that might give her pleasure or joy in
her life, instead secluding her in a country home with no friends, in a room that she
hated, even when she complained against it.  Basically, he didn't listen to anything
that she said, instead putting himself in the role of superior expert and her as the
ignorant patient.  It was his decision to:

1.  Move them
away from all of her friends and everything that she knew and loved into a strange house
in a strange country. This completely isolates her.

2.  Put
her in the room with the yellow wallpaper, even though she hated it and expressed a
desire for the more pleasant rooms on the main floor of the house.  Putting her up there
isolated her even further, and exhibited his unwillingness to listen to her
preferences.

3.  He forbade her from writing or working. 
This took away one of her main forms of expression, venting, and healthy mental
exercise.  It isolates her even more, and forces her to keep her thoughts bottled up in
her head without any healthy release; this drives her further into her own
delusions.

4.  His overall attitude towards her--loving but
condescending--made her even more insecure and unsure of herself.  She was constantl
conflicted with wanting to be a "good" wife and obey, and with her inner voice that knew
better.  This caused further fragmentation of her personality, leading to the separate
identity in the wall.

I hope that those thoughts helped;
good luck!

How does this quote relate the women during Elizabethan era?A little month; or ere those shoes were old With which she followed my poor father’s...

In Elizabethan England, women had no rights. Legally, they
were completely dependent om men. They had to have the protection of a father or a
brother or they would have been fair game. Gertrude may have felt that, as a Queen, she
would have been prey to any number of men who would try to usurp her authority, so she
was eager to get married again. Of course, Claudius knew this too, so he was ready to
step in and take his brother's throne and wife. He just didn't count on his nephew
figuring out his plan.  She would not have been accepted without a man by her side, but,
by marrying, she gave up power for protection, though Hamlet scorned her for doing so. 
He also felt that she must have known what happened to his father, but it is never
directly stated that this was the case.

Elizabeth got
around this problem by marrying herself to England. She was called the Virgin Queen, not
necessarily because she never had a relationship, but because her persona as the ruler
had to be above reproach. Plus, she knew that many men wanted to marry her simply to be
in control of the throne. She was a very smart woman and managed to break the rules
without seeming to break them. Other women did not have much of a choice, unless they
were lower class.

Shakespeare wrote across class lines; his
plays appealed to everyone from the commoner to the Queen
herself.

"It is better to die for what you believe in rather than lie to save your life".Write a persuasive response for or against or a personal reflective...

I agree with akannan, and I think the choice has been made
for you by the prompt (which is a good thing, since few of us in America, at any age,
have been faced with anything as dramatic as dying for something we believe).  The
prompt says to cite specific evidence and quotes from the play, and Act 3 is the place
to look for them.

Here, there are 4 characters who die for
their beliefs:  Martha Corey, Rebecca Nurse, Giles Corey, and John Proctor.  Proctor is
obviously the most dramatic and fleshed-out of the four, and you've already gotten some
good ideas for that.  Consider the two ladies, who are appalled and dismayed that
John--who they obviously consider to be one of the righteous, despite his glaring sin of
adultery--may sign his name to a lie.  They understand as as he does that this would be
an eternal condemning of his soul according to their fath, as well as a reason for the
trials to continue.  They neither scold nor rebuke him harshly; they're simply saddened
that he has caved.  They, meanwhile, continue to stand
firm.

Giles Corey is unique in that we hear about his death
second-hand--though that doesn't make his death any less dramatic.  In fact, it's one of
the finer moments of the play when we realize he was able to look his accusers in the
face and clearly refuse to confess.  His "More weight" is a hugely impactful line and
clearly an actual decision to die for a cause (and to save his childrens' inheritance,
of course).

This should be fun to write.  Good
luck!

What were the Reconstruction plans put forth by Congress and the President (both Lincoln and Johnson)?

There were basically 3 plans for Reconstruction, Lincoln’s
plan, Johnson’s plan, and the Radical Republican
plan.

Lincoln’s plan was known as the 10% Plan. It was
simple. With a few exceptions, Lincoln offered pardons to any Confederate who swore
allegiance to the Union and the Constitution.  When the number of people who took an
oath of allegiance equaled 10% of the number of voters who participated in the election
of 1860, the state would be readmitted to the Union after organizing a new state
government which abolished slavery.  Lincoln was assassinated before this plan could be
put into effect.

Johnson’s plan was also lenient towards
the southern states.  He would grant pardons to anyone taking a loyalty oath to the U.S.
except for high ranking Confederate political and military leaders, and people owning
property worth more than $20,000. States would be readmitted to the Union once they
created a new state government that abolished slavery, repealed the state’s ordinance of
secession, and repudiated Confederate debts.  This was put into effect when Congress was
in recess.  Johnson’s Plan did not really address the fortunes of newly freed slaves and
southern states began to pass “black codes”’ or laws which severely limited the civil
rights of freedmen. When Congress reconvened, it refused to recognize Johnson’s plan by
refusing to seat any person elected to Congress from any former Confederate state. It
then began to pass its own laws concerning the southern
states.

The Congressional Plan, or Radical Republican Plan,
was meant to aid newly freed slaves (known as freedmen) and to punish the South.  It
first passed several laws helping newly freed slaves, such as The Civil Rights Act
(whose provisions would later be found in the 14th Amendment).  It also extended the
life of the Freedmen’s Bureau.  It then passed a series of laws known as The
Reconstruction Acts.  These laws were vetoed by Johnson, but the vetoes were easily
overridden and these laws were put into effect.  The Reconstruction Acts basically
divided the South into 5 military districts with the military commander of the district
given complete authority.  No state would be allowed back into the Union until it
ratified the 14th Amendment and guaranteed the right to vote for African American men.
And later, for some states, the 15th Amendment had to be ratified, too.  The 14th
Amendment punished Confederate supporters and gave citizenship to former slaves.  It
also said that no state could deny to anyone, including
African Americans, the equal protection of the law and due process of law.  The 15th
amendment stated that the right to vote could not be denied on the basis of race. 
Eventually all states were readmitted under this plan.

What is the lesson in morality in Beowulf?

Beowulf is an epic that came out of a
warrior culture and was used not solely to entertain but also to teach the values of
this culture.  The Anglo-Saxons valued bravery, heroism, strength, loyalty, fame through
glorious deeds, and the desire to fight evil.  Their leaders were their best warriors. 
Beowulf himself embodies all of these qualities, and you can find examples of these
throughout the text.  He is the strongest and best warrior in his country, and after he
defeats Grendel and his mother (among other victories) he becomes king.  Wiglaf, who
becomes Beowulf's successor, also embodies these traits.  When all of the other soldiers
abandon Beowulf in his fatal battle against the dragon, Wiglaf does not.  He displays
courage and loyalty in helping Beowulf defeat the dragon, which is why he is named the
next leader.  It is true that Beowulf fights these monsters to help his tribe and the
Danes, but he also does so for fame and glory and hopes to be remembered for such deeds,
which is why, on his deathbed, he requests that a monument be erected to remember him
and how great he was.  In seeing this monument, future generations will remember Beowulf
and the qualities he embodied, reminding them to fight evil forces with courage and
strength and to always be loyal.  Anglo Saxon culture did not value
humility.

Another interesting aspect to note is the idea of
Christianity.  By the time Beowulf became a written text and not
just an oral story, Christianity had begun to spread through Britain.  As such, certain
Christian ideals and language are sprinkled throughout the text we read.  The most
significant Christian value in this text is the connection between God and good.  When
battles against evil are won, the characters praise God and rely on him to help. 
However, the idea of faith is at odds with the pagan concept of fate, which is often
associated with unfavorable conditions and results in the
text.

So, to simply answer your question, a moral person in
Beowulf is one who bravely and courageously fights evil for the
sake of his people (and others) and for fame, someone who strives to be strong and is
loyal to his leaders/followers; increasingly, over time, this morality also began to
include a faith in God's help to win battles against evil.

In what ways might Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" be seen as a message regarding family traditions and conformity to tradition?

In Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher," perhaps what
the reader sees is the deterioration of Roderick and Madeline Usher's family,
specifically its health: physical and mental.  The cause of these goes back to tradition
and conformity to tradition.

It would seem that the brother
and sister may have had an incestuous relationship. Incest, among its social taboos,
also causes birth defects, disease, and/or madness. If their parents had also practiced
incest, this would have easily caused problems for their children. Madness (or evil)
seems to be the central focus of the story as Roderick's behavior becomes more
unbalanced and frightening as the story progresses, and even Madeline's health
deteriorates.

In terms of tradition, especially in
long-gone traditional houses of power, marriages of cousins would take place to keep the
control within one family. This, however, often caused a high mortality rate among the
offspring of these "couples," as well as madness.

In
Madeline's case, she becomes so ill that her brother mistakenly buries her alive
believing she is dead.  When she reappears, having escaped from her entombment, madness
swirls around the pair, the weather seems to have gone wild, and the unnamed narrator
flees, only to soon witness the house's destruction when lightning bolts split the
structure in two. The family name of the last two heirs of the Usher line is destroyed
at the end as well.

Poe speaks to the nature and causes of
evil. What has gone on in this house might have been considered by Poe to be
evil--whether for the sake of evil itself or because of unnatural behaviors, we cannot
be sure.

In regards to womens status in the 18th century what are the definitions of Coverture and feme covert?

Coverture was a legal doctrine that was part of the common
law of US throughout most of the 19th century. Under the law, an unmarried adult woman
was given the status of feme sole, this gave her the right to own property and have
legal contracts in her own name.

After a woman married she
was given the status of feme covert. A feme covert did not
have any legal rights. She could not own property or enter into a legal contract. If a
wife earned any wages, they were to be given to the husband. Legally, a woman was the
complete responsibility of her husband which included any misdeeds committed by her.
This principle is referred to as coverture.

Do you have sympathy for Macbeth? Give quotes and textual references for the answer. From Act 1 Scene 7 Lines 1 Act 4 Scene 1 Lines...

Macbeth takes a journey as a character and in Act I, scene
7, we hear his inner thoughts as he weighs everything.  He definitely has opportunity
since the king is visiting.

In this speech, he gives all
the reasons he can think of not to kill Duncan.  He is his subject and also a kinsmen,
plus he is his host.  If Duncan had been an evil or a bad king, his murder could be
justified but Duncan has been a good king.  He knows that if he kills Duncan, he will
die a violent death.  He reasons that his ambition just isn't enough for him to kill
Duncan and has decided against killing him.  At this point we can feel for
Macbeth.

By the time we get to Act IV, scene 1 he has gone
down the the highway to hell, so to speak.  He has killed Duncan and the grooms and
framed Malcolm and Donalbain.  He has killed Banquo and tried to kill Fleance.  In this
scene he has sought out the witches for information.  He doesn't like what he sees at
the end of this encounter since it concerns Banquo and his line of future kings.  He
damns all who trust them and in so doing, damns himself.  At this point, it is difficult
to have any sympathy for Macbeth.  He is too steeped in innocent
blood.

I have given you information about Macbeth and what
those lines are about, it is your job to find the textual support since it is your
paper.

How is John Proctor a voice of reason in The Crucible by Arthur Miller, in Act 1?

Proctor knows what's going on. If you carefully read
Miller's diversions from his own play, he takes time to narrate the storyline behind the
story, which is a land fight between neighbors. Proctor is described in his narrative as
a man who is conscious of his own sin, but as with most Puritans dealt with the
difficulty of having to be perfect. There seemed to be little acknowledgment of the
parts of the bible that identify grace as a piece of Christian
doctrine.

As time goes on, we learn his great sin was an
affair with Abigail, but even as she tries to rekindle their romance, John remains
faithful to the idea that he wants to respect his wife and make their marriage work by
ensuring a clean break with Abigail.

Rebecca Nurse calls it
like she sees it as a mother and grandmother several times over, she says Betty is
faking. Proctor agrees.

After the Putnams convince Parris
of witchcraft, John's reasonable voice notes:

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Then let you come out and call them wrong. Did
you consult the wardens before you called this minister to look for
devils?

Proctor is pointing
out that no one called the cops first to scare the girls out of this act, the adults
present are just believing it to be witchcraft.

Proctor
stands his ground throughout the Act and maintains his stance that the girls are
faking.

Why does the Misfit say that the grandmother "would have been a good woman if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute of her life"?"A...

At the moment that the Misfit's face twists close to hers
as though he were going to cry, the grandmother
murmurs,

"Why
you're one of my babies.  You're one of my own
children!"

It is at this
moment that the grandmother is redeemed, for she recognizes her own depravity and sin in
the spiritually grotesque Misfit.  This black character then reacts by shooting her the
spiritually three times through the chest.  As he orders her to be taken off, he
says,

"She
would have been a good woman...if it had been somebody there to shoot her every minute
of her life."

because he
realizes that the grandmother's salvation requires an extreme situation since "Jesus
thre things off."  While the title of O'Connor's story supports the satiric side of the
author, the use of a depraved man is what is required before the grandmother recognizes
her own sins.  Receiving grace in her martyrdom, the grandmother is shot the religious
number and she collapses with her legs crossed--on the dark side of the cross where the
experience of grace is violent, not sentimental. 

Flannery
O'Connor's extreme use of violence as a catalyst for a greater vision of spiritual
reality is illustrated in her story, "A Good Man is Hard to Find." Critic Patrick
Galloway writes that according to this philosophy,

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the person in a violent situation reveals those
aspects of his character that he will taken with him into eternity; hence the reader
should approach the story by looking to such mmoments as an oppotunity to peer into the
soul of the character.

Such,
indeed, is the case with the grandmother of the short story, "A Good Man is Hard to
Find."

In The Merchant of Venice, how does Shylock view himself compared to how others view him?

This is a great question. You are right in identifying a
disparity between how Shylock views himself and how others view him. For me, you need to
analyse Act I scene 3 to be able to grasp this difference. This is the scene where
Bassanio and then Antonio go to Shylock to negotiate the terms of the loan, and Shylock
makes clear in an aside his hatred of Antonio, but more than that: he establishes his
position as a victimised and wronged Jew who has suffered racial prejudice from people
such as Antonio for centuries:

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If I can catch him once upon the
hip,

I will feed fat the ancient grudge I bear
him.

He hates our sacred nation, and he
rails,

Even there where merchants most do
congregate,

One me, my bragains, and my well-won
thrift,

Which he calls interest. Cursed be my
tribe

If I forgive
him!

Shylock here pledges
himself to revenge against Antonio, choosing him as a representative of the wrongs that
he and his "tribe" have suffered. He appoints himself as the Jew responsible for gaining
this revenge.

Note, however, that to Antonio, Shylock is a
character akin to the devil. Following Shylock's allusion to the trick of Jacob in
taking the good herd from his father in law Laban, Antonio
responds:

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Mark you this,
Bassanio,

The devil can cite Scripture for his
purpose.

An evil soul producing holy
witness

Is like a villain with a smiling
cheek,

A goodly apple rotten at the
ehart.

O, what a goodly outside falsehood
hath!

To Antonio, therefore,
as to other characters, Shylock represents the worst of Jewish miserliness and
acquisitiveness. He is a "Devil" in that he twists scripture to his purpose and is a
hypocrite as he presents one face only to be a villain
underneath.

What are some quotes (including the page numbers) from "The Most Dangerous Game" that describe the setting?Please I need this answer right away -...

Richard Connell's short story, "The Most Dangerous Game,"
is set in the Caribbean Sea near the fictional Ship-Trap Island. The protagonist, Sanger
Rainsford, is a big-game hunter on route to his next big expedition in South America.
When he accidentally falls off his yacht, he manages to swim ashore, where he discovers
a fabulous home owned by an eccentric Russian Cossack, General Zaroff. It is here that
Rainsford learns the shocking secret of the evil that exists on the island. Rainsford's
friend, Whitney, first describes what little he knows of the mysterious
isle.

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"The old charts
call it 'Ship-Trap Island,' '' Whitney replied. "A suggestive name, isn't it? Sailors
have a curious dread of the place. I don't know why. Some
superstition--"

"... All I could get out of him was 'This
place has an evil name among seafaring men, sir.' Then he said to me, very gravely,
'Don't you feel anything?'--as if the air about us was actually
poisonous. 

When Rainsford
washes ashore, he describes the island in more
detail.

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Jagged crags appeared to jut up
into the opaqueness; he forced himself upward, hand over hand. Gasping, his hands raw,
he reached a flat place at the top. Dense jungle came down to the very edge of the
cliffs. What perils that tangle of trees and underbrush might hold for him did not
concern Rainsford just then...

Bleak
darkness was blacking out the sea and jungle when Rainsford sighted the lights. He came
upon them as he turned a crook in the coast line; and his first thought was that be had
come upon a village, for there were many lights. But as he forged along he saw to his
great astonishment that all the lights were in one enormous building--a lofty structure
with pointed towers plunging upward into the gloom. His eyes made out the shadowy
outlines of a palatial chateau; it was set on a high bluff, and on three sides of it
cliffs dived down to where the sea licked greedy lips in the
shadows...

The dining room to which Ivan
conducted him was in many ways remarkable. There was a medieval magnificence about it;
it suggested a baronial hall of feudal times with its oaken panels, its high ceiling,
its vast refectory tables where twoscore men could sit down to eat. About the hall were
mounted heads of many animals--lions, tigers, elephants, moose, bears; larger or more
perfect specimens Rainsford had never
seen.

What is the difference between male and female attitudes in the first chapter of The Great Gatsby?Include actions, diction, how they are introduced...

The first significant introduction we see in Chapter One
is when Nick tells us of a visit ot the house of Tom Buchanan, an acquaintance from Yale
University, and his wife, Daisy, Nick's second cousin once removed. Buchanan is
physically powerful and extremely wealthy. Nick also meets Daisy's friend, Jordan Baker,
who is a golfer.

Tom makes racist comments, drawing support
for his views from a recently published book. Jordan tells Nick that Tom is having an
affair, and that this mistress is responsible for a phone call during
dinner.

Tom is clearly presented as an arrogant and
powerful man:

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Now he was a sturdy straw-haired man of thirty
with a rather hard mouth and a supercilious manner. Two shining arrogant eyes had
established dominance over his face and gave him the appearance of always leaning
aggressively forward.

His
body has "enormous power" and is described as a "cruel body." Certainly his comments
about racism and the fact that he has a mistress shows that he is a chauvinistic and
arrogant individual.

The two women, Jordan and Daisy, are
described in terms that present them as women that are to be viewed and looked at. Both
seem to want to present themselves as beautiful and their looks have an element of
pretension:

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They were both in white, and their dresses were
rippling and fluttering as if they had just been blown back in after a short flight
around the house.

They also
have little to contribute in terms of meaningful conversation, interspersing what
conversation there is with comments like "I'm stiff!" and "How gorgeous!" It is clear
that in this world women are objects and treated as such.

How many of each animal are there, and how do I work it out?: Penguins 2 legs; huskies 4 legs; 200 legs and 72 heads.

If we'll note the number of penguins by a and the number
of huskies by b, we'll get:

a+b = 72
(1)

We also could express the number of penguins and
huskies, depending on the number of legs:

2a + 4b = 200
(2)

Now, all we have to do is to solve the simultaneous
equations (1) and (2).

We'll solve the system using
elimination method. For this reason, we'll multiply (1) by
-2.

 -2(a+b) = -2*72

-2a - 2b
= -144 (3)

We'll add (3) to (2) and we'll
get:

-2a - 2b + 2a + 4b = -144 +
200

We'll eliminate like
terms:

2b = 56

We'll divide by
2:

b =
28

We'll substitute b in
(1):

a+b = 72

a + 28 =
72

We'll subtract 28 both
sides:

a =
72-28

a =
44

So, we'll get 44 penguins
and 28 huskies.

At this point, O'Brien arrives and question Winston, who reveals that he hates Big Brother. What is expecting to accomplish by sending him to room101?

I think that you must be talking about the conversation
between Winston and O'Brien at the end of Book 3, Chapter 4.  At that point, Winston
does say that he hates Big Brother.  When he says this, O'Brien says something that
shows us why he is sending Winston to Room 101.  He tells
Winston

'You
hate him. Good. Then the time has come for you to take the last step. You must love Big
Brother. It is not enough to obey him: you must love
him.'

So Winston is being
sent to Room 101 to completely break his will.  The Party does not just need him to obey
-- they need him to actually believe in the Party and to love Big Brother with all his
heart.  They need agreement, not just obedience.

In which chapter is the climax of the conflict with Chauvalin in The Scarlet Pimpernel?Is there a particular scene I should look at? A chapter I...

The climax occurs when Percy tricks the
Chauvelin into taking snuff that is really pepper.  From
that time he has the upper hand.  This occurs in chapter
25.

TheChauvelin is the French envoy to
England.  He is blackmailing Marguerite, Percy’s wife, and has accused her brother
Armand of being in league with the mysterious Scarlet Pimpernel, who is trying to rescue
French aristocrats from the Guillotine. 

When Percy tricks
him into taking snuff that is actually pepper, the Chauvelin “never even remotely
guessed the trick which was being played upon him” (ch 25).  Percy is thus able to sneak
away.

When she
realised what had happened, a curious mixture of joy and wonder filled her heart. It all
was so neat, so ingenious. Chauvelin was still absolutely helpless …whilst his cunning
adversary had quietly slipped through his fingers. (ch
26)

A climax is a turning
point, and the point where the story changes.  The rising action is the series of
interesting events leading up to the climax, and the falling action is the result of the
events of the climax.  In the rising action, Sir Percy is in danger from the Chauvelin,
and in the falling action he escapes and rescues his wife’s
brother.

What tones does Shelley take towards the character in Frankenstein; or, The Modern Prometheus?

In Frankenstien, Mary Shelley's take
on the two characters of Victor and the monster he created are very different, and they
demonstrate the way she feels about men who try to play god with the world.  She is
clearly expressing dislike for Victor, a man with a brilliant mind, yet who cannot take
responsibility for the thing he unleashed on the world.  Her tone with the monster, on
the other hand, is somewhat sympathetic.  The monster is behaving exactly as he was
created to behave; he is ignorant of the consequences of his actions, where Victor knows
exactly what he is doing. Victor knows better; he should behave better. The monster did
not ask to be created; in fact, it is lonely and miserable and only wants contact with
others. It does not even perceive its ugliness until mirrored in the eyes of those it
approaches. Victor's ugliness is on the inside, and Shelley makes it clear to the reader
that she has no respect for him and neither should we.

Whats the purpose of the "perfect Adam and Eve" reference?

The allusions to Adam and Eve can be seen as a symbolic
contrast to the central action of the novel. They are symbols of innocence
in high contrast to the folly and violence of war and pettiness that
characterize the novel at large.

Slaughterhouse
Five is a novel about innocence in a way. The protagonist, Billy
Pilgrim, is essentially an innocent bystander in World War II, send
to Germany to play the organ.

Billy doesn't carry a gun and
simply wants to give up as soon as things get bad for him. He doesn't want to fight back
or conquer his enemies. He is not out to kill, not at all, yet he is caught up in the
bloodiest war in the history of the world.

Adam and Eve
stand as symbols of innocence when they appear in Slaughterhouse Five.
They are described as desiring to do good.

Like
Billy, these biblical figures serve as a contrast to the insanity and the bloodiness of
the war and the bombing of Dresden. In a world where purity and innocence do exist - as
evidenced by Billy and Adam and Eve - the tragedies of war seem all the more emphatic
and distressing.

How is surplus related to the different subsistence modes?

In the different subsistence modes, surplus plays a
critical factor in an economic system.  I will clarify my
statement.

Foraging (Hunting &
Gathering):  Foods have a short shelf-life and will spoil rapidly if not
preserved or eaten.  So, people either kill or harvest exactly what they will eat when
they need it, or they sell or give away any extra they don't consume.  The extra is
called surplus and is the basis of economics.  I gather
enough for myself and family and sell the surplus to you. 
In turn, you gather a different product and sell any
surplus to
me. 

Cultivation (Horticulture &
Subsistence Agriculture):  In the beginning, farmers planted crops to
provide for themselves and their animals.  They initially grew enough to eat fresh
during the summer and preserved the rest to carry them through the winter months.  Then,
they discovered that if they planted extra of their crop
(surplus), they could sell it and make a profit.  Farms
grew larger and larger to produce more and more surplus to
make more and more money!

Pastoralism
(Nomadism & Ranching):  Whether people stay in one place to raise
animals (ranching) or follow the animals around from pasture to pasture (nomadism), the
animals are bred for one purpose:  to provide people with food, clothing, and shelter
materials.  Some animals were huge and had more meat than could be consumed by one
person!  So, the extra was surplus and was sold to many
people.   The raising and selling of animals for profit has became a very lucrative
business. 

Distribution & Exchange: 
As more and more surplus products became
available, there needed to be better ways of getting the products to the people who
needed them.   So, companies were formed to distribute (or spread) the products around
the country (or world).  Today's distributors have the means to buy, preserve, store,
ship, and sell the surplus products that others make. 
Sometimes distributors will simply exchange one surplus
product for another surplus product of equal
value. 

Surplus has the unique
way of regulating the economy in that the more of something there is, the lower the
price will be for that item.  It keeps prices low and the economy
healthy. 

What are good quotes on Boo Radley being brave/courageous in To Kill a Mockingbird?I need another quote for my final support in my essay, and I'm...

How about this quote from chapter 30? Heck Tate is trying
to convince Atticus that it was NOT Jem who killed Bob Ewell. Atticus thinks it
was Jem and that Heck Tate is trying to say that Bob Ewell fell on
his knife to protect Jem, when really, Heck Tate is trying to protect Boo Radley. It was
Boo who stabbed Bob Ewell to protect Scout and Jem, who he has been watching over. Heck
Tate tells Atticus:

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"I never heard tell that it's against the law
for a citizen to do his utmost to prevent a crime from being committed, which is exactly
what he did, but maybe you'll say it's my duty to tell the town all
about it
and not hush it up. Know what'd happen then? All the ladies in Maycomb includin' my
wife'd be knocking on his door bringing angel food cakes. To my way of thinkin', Mr.
Finch, taking the one man
who's done you and this town a great service an'
draggin' him with his shy ways into the limelight- to me, that's a sin. It's a sin and
I'm not about to have it on my head. If it was any other man, it'd be

different. But not this man, Mr.
Finch."

This shows that in
spite of being a recluse, in spite of being the subject of ridicule, Boo Radley was, in
fact, a pretty brave guy when it came to his secret "friends" - Scout and Jem. The
reader learns at the end of the novel that Boo has been doing more than just leaving
trinkets in the tree stump for Jem and Scout. He has been watching out for them and
winds up protecting them from a crazy drunk white trash lunatic, when the rest of the
citizens of Maycomb, including Atticus, Heck Tate and the police, could
not.

This is a good quote with which to end your essay,
since you are at the end of it. You do not need to use the entire quote, though. I think
it would be a good one to use to prove that Boo is brave. Many people are underestimated
in this novel, and Boo is perhaps one of the most underestimated. He turns out to be the
hero -- how about that? It is one of the great ironies of this novel that the person the
children have feared the most turns out to be the one who saves
them.

Regarding Charles Lindbergh's 1941 Radio Address; what historical precedents did Lindbergh cite to support his position?

Consistent with his approach to stay out of the war,
Lindbergh took a couple of historical tracts to defend his point of view.  The first was
pragmatic in that he argued that American forces could not beat the Germans.  His
analysis was rooted in the visits he had made to Germany and the experiences he had
while being a political guest of the Nazi government.  Lindbergh was considerably
impressed with the German air force and what he believed to be "German work ethic."  He
felt that the landlocked nature of Germany made it impossible for the Americans to
launch an amphibious attack.  Another precedent Lindbergh cited did smack of Anti-
Semitism.  In late summer of 1941, Lindbergh argued the following:  "Their greatest
danger lies in [the Jews’] large ownership and influence in our motion pictures, our
press, our radio, and our Government. We cannot blame them for looking out for what they
believe to be their interests, but we also must look out for ours."  This was one of
those statements that revealed a presence, valid or not, of anti- Semitic tendencies
that many of the isolationist movements possessed of the time period.  A few years
earlier, Lindbergh wrote in a diary entry:  "a few Jews add strength and character to
our country, but too many create chaos. And we are getting too many. This present
immigration will have a reaction”  This type of sentiment emerged in his radio address
in 1941, a few months before Pearl Harbor, making most of what Lindbergh said a moot
point.

What are some examples of Beowulf being fearless during his battle with Grendel, Grendel's mother, and the dragon?

The fact that Beowulf is fighting any of these foes is a
testament to his fearlessness.  He chose to go defend Hrothgar against Grendel; because
of that, he had to fight Grendel's mother; because of that, undoubtedly, he was named
successor to King Hygelac and fought the battle against the dragon to protect his
people.  That being said, there are some specific examples of fearlessness in
Beowulf.

First, he chose to fight
Grendel without weapons.  He made that choice because that's how Grendel fights;
however, he was under no obligation to treat this enemy with honor, since Grendel was a
marauder who had no intention of ever "fighting
fair."

Second, he actually followed Grendel's mother to the
bottom of the ocean to her lair.  She wasn't chasing him, nor was he in any danger from
her.  Instead, Beowulf recognized the potential of another monster attacking Hrothgar's
people and decided to preempt her attacks by killing her before she
started.

Finally, Beowulf attacked the dragon in a
single-handed combat.  This is an imposing fifty-foot-long, fire-breathing dragon who
has been roused to anger.  Beowulf says,

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...when he comes to
me

I mean to stand, not run from his
shooting

Flames, stand still till fate
decides

Which of us wins.... (line
2525-2528)

That's what he
says before the battle, and that's what he does.  He never backs away, even though his
death is imminent.

These are three of Beowulf's biggest
battles, and he fights each of his foes fearlessly. 

In The Crucible, if Elizabeth Proctor were in her husband's place, do you think she would confess and why?

I, too, think that Elizabeth would not have been able to
issue a false confession. Yes, she lied to save her husband's life and reputation (or so
she thought), but throughout the play, Elizabeth demonstrates that she is extremely
concerned about her relationship with God. She tells Rev. Hale that she is a
"covenanted" woman, meaning essentially that she has lived a life that is holy and that
she expects to go to Heaven because of her "holy agreement" with God. Lying to spare her
life would not fit into Elizabeth's diligent pursuit of
"holiness."

Similarly, by the play's end, Elizabeth--like
her husband--has grown. She has come to see her faults in the way she treated her
husband and to recognize the poor opinion she truly had of herself. With this self
knowledge and renewed love for her husband, Elizabeth would be strong enough to resist
trying to spare her life; for at the play's end, she is strong enough to resist trying
to convince John to sign the confession (even though she surely
wanted to spare her husband). 

Give three examples of how Stoker describes and develops a character throughout the text.

COUNT DRACULA- A vampire, several hundred years old, who
lives in a castle in Transylvania. Count Dracula is a member of an old, noble and
once-powerful family. He has a civilized and cultivated manner overlaying an evil soul.
Like all vampires, he is immortal unless he is destroyed in the traditional manner, by
having a stake hammered through his heart and his head cut off. He lives off blood,
which he sucks from his female victims, who themselves become vampires and must suck the
blood of others, creating a new race of vampires. He can control the elements and
certain animals, including bats and wolves, and can change shape and size. In common
with other vampires, Count Dracula is bound by certain limitations. He is nocturnal,
losing his power in daytime; he cannot cross water unless he is carried; he cannot
approach any place or person protected with Christian Communion wafers, crucifixes, or
garlic; and he can only go where he is first invited. This last fact means that his
entry into a person's life is inextricably linked with their desire, which forms the
basis of the symbolism of sexual prowess that the Count
embodies.

Dracula as the Anti-Christ Anti-Christianity is a
major reoccurring theme throughout Bram Stoker’s Dracula. The novel portrays
Anti-Christian values and beliefs, through one of its characters. Dracula one of the
main characters in the novel is used to take on the characteristics of the Anti-Christ.
Stoker uses many beliefs from the Christian religion to display numerous amounts of
Anti-Christian values, superstitious beliefs of the protection towards evil, and to
compare and contrast the powers of God with those of Dracula. It is a theme that is used
throughout the entire book. There are many ways that Bram Stoker's character Dracula can
be considered the Anti-Christ, mostly because of the showing of Anti-Christian values
and abuses of the Christian religion. In chapter one as Jonathan Harker is traveling to
Castle Dracula he is met by several people who give him a crucifix when he tells them
where he is heading. One superstition is that a rosary will protect you from all evil,
and in this novel the evil is Dracula. This rosary protects him when Jonathan cuts
himself shaving the next day and Dracula lunges for his throat, but stops when he sees
the crucifix around Jonathan's neck. Later in the book it discusses how you can defend
yourself from Dracula and other vampires by the possession of a crucifix or practically
any consecrated item from the Christian religion can be used to save you from the attack
or presence of a vampire. Another example of one of the superstitious acts is later in
the book when Van Helsing uses a Host to prevent Dracula from entering his coffin or
when he makes a “Holy Circle” with the Hosts to keep vampires out and to keep Mina safe.
All of these are examples in which some forms of Christian beliefs are used to prevent
the attack of Dracula. Dracula has several powers that the Christian's believe no one
but God could control. For instance, Dracula can control the weather, wild, or unclean
animals, he can change form, and has the power of necromancy. Christians believe that
consuming God's body and blood will give them everlasting life with God in heaven,
Dracula is remaining undead, or nosferatu, by consuming the blood of the living to
survive and to build his strength.

In "Stopping by Woods on a Snowy Evening", how would I describe the meaning of isolation in this poem?

You have identified one of the themes implicit in this
poem. What is interesting though is that loneliness is normally portrayed as a negative
emotion, but here, Frost definitely seems to portray it as something that the persona of
this poem craves and wants. The first stanza tells us that he is alone by some woods,
with the owner of those woods far away:

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He will not see me stopping
here

To watch his woods fill up with
snow.

The speaker seems to be
entranced by the beauty of the falling snow and the woods, which is why he is stopping
on his journey by himself at night.

The key stanza is of
course the last stanza, which makes evident the speaker's attraction of the woods and
his desire to stay, but also the recognition that he must move
on:

The woods
are lovely, dark, and deep,

But I have promises to
keep,

And miles to go before I
sleep,

And miles to go before I
sleep.

This, to me, makes the
symbolic meaning evident - Frost is writing about the desire to die but at the same time
he recognises that it is not time yet as he has a lot of responsibilities that he needs
to fulfil. However, he is free to enjoy the emotion of loneliness at times like this
where he takes "time out" from the responsibilities of life to reflect on the beauty of
nature.

Rectangle and triangle...A rectangle and a triangle have the same area. When placed on the same level, the tip of the triangle touches the top edge...

By the given discrpition  the triangle has the same
altitude from its base as a distance between the two parallel sides of the
rectangle.

Let this altitude of the triangle be
h.

Area of the rectangle = 150 sq cm,
given.

Therefore the base of the rectangle =
150/h.

Since the  triangle has the same area as that of the
rectangle, the base 150 sq cm = (1/2) *base*height.

150 =
(1/2) base of triangle *h.

base of the triangle = 2*150/h
=  2(base of rectangle).

Therefore the base of the triangle
is twice the base of rectangle.

What places does Roethke refer to?

In this poem, the speaker refers to a bunch of places
where the ennui of modern life occurs.  Basically, he is saying that the sorts of places
in which people work and study and spend time in the modern world kind of sap their
vitality and humanity.

The speaker lists a bunch of places
where things like this occur.  He talks about this happening in offices and in schools
and in reception rooms specifically.  He talks about switchboards and institutions.  He
even talks about lavatories, although those do not seem to fit the theme so
much.

So, in general, the speaker is refering to places
where we spend time and lose our humanity -- places that are generally like
offices.

What is the manner in which Moishe is treated by the Jews when he escaped an attempted deportation/murder?

By describing the Sighet Jews' treatment of Moishe when he
returns with his warning, Elie Wiesel demonstrates several truths about his fellow
villagers. First, the Jews of Sighet refused to believe that experiences such as
Moishe's were true. To believe that Moishe had actually witnessed babies being used as
target practice would force the Jews to take action--something that they seem unwilling
to do in Sighet. Unfortunately, they choose to treat Moishe with disbelief and contempt
and simply equate his testimony with senility. Wiesel's description of Moishe's
treatment also illustrates insensitivity on the part of the Sighet Jews. Moishe is a man
who has always been an outsider, and after experiencing the most horrific event of his
life, he receives no comfort or validation from his adopted village; rather, in response
to his attempt to save the Jews' lives, he garners only mockery and
disavowal.

Let f:A->B where A & B are nonempty let T1 & T2 be subsets of B Prove f-1(T1) - f-1(T2) = f-1(T1 -T2) Prove f-1(T1 U T2) = f-1(T1) U f-1(T2I...

For the existence  inverse function  of f: A
-->B , the given relation between the sets  must be  a
bijection.

Therefore  for any T1 a subset of B , f^-1(T1) =
A1  which is a subset of A.

So  T1 = f(A1)
.............(1)

Similarly for any  set T2 a subset of B
, f^-1(T2) = A2 which is a subset of A.

Therefore  T2 =
f(A2).........(2)

Therefore from (1)and  (2)   we get the
diffrence of sets: 

f(A1) - f(A2) = T1
-T2.

Therefore f^-1{f(A1) - f(A2} =
f^(-1)(T1-T2)

A1 -A2 =
f^-1(T1-T2).

f^-1(T1) - f^-1(T2) =
f^-1(T1-T2)

2)

Againg f^-1(T1)
= A1 . f^-1(T2) = A2, where A1 and A2 are subsets of
A.

f(A1) = T1

f(A2)
=T2.

So  f(A1) U f(A2) = T1 U
T2.

f^-1{f(A1) U f^-1(A2) } = f^-1{T1 U
T2)

A1 U A2 = f^-1{T1 U T2
}

f^-1(T1) U f^-1(T2) = f^-1{T1 U
T2}

The quote “I stand here ironing, and what you asked me moves tormented back and forth with the iron” where it falls in the story?explane the...

The context of this quote in the story is that Emily's
mother, who is home ironing, receives a call from someone--perhaps a school
administrator: principal, guidance counselor or social worker--asking about Emily out of
concern for her.  The quote is the first line of the
story.

The importance of the statement is that someone has
seen a need in Emily and wants to help, so the person calls her mother.  Emily's mother
can understand that her daughter may need help, but does not know what
she can do.  She has tried so many times as Emily has been older to
make up for the difficulty of Emily's first seven years of life, and has been tormented
by her own concern, back and forth over the years, just as the iron moves, back and
forth.

Emily's mother is speaking: she is the story's
narrator.

While the narrator remembers the past, she blames
herself that raising Emily was so hard for so long. The memories she brings back in
recalling the past move back and forth like the movement of the iron: both the ironing
and the remembering are hard, endless work for this mother.  The mother compares the act
of ironing to the act of raising Emily: the heat of the iron struggles to straighten the
fabric of clothing ironed, straightened against its will.  And with Emily, her mother
has tried to straighten things out with her, too, against her will, as Emily is reserved
and hard to reach.

The mother ends the conversation by
asking the caller to let Emily be.  She believes there is enough "bloom" or promise in
Emily that she can survive in this world.  If nothing else, the mother asks the caller
to make sure, to make certain, that Emily knows that she is NOT
like a piece of clothing to be straightened under the onslaught (the attack) of a hot
iron.  She is not helpless, but she can survive and succeed with the gifts that are hers
alone.

Name the clause of the Constitution that resolves conflicts between state law and national law.from recalling facts.

The portion of the Constitution you are referring to is
known as "The Supremacy Clause", and it basically states that the Constitution is the
Supreme Law of the Land, followed in order of  authority by Federal law, State law, and
then finally, Local law.  Each level is subordinate to, meaning it must not go against
the level of law above it. 

This means that a state law
that goes against a federal law is unconstitutional.  For example, 15 states have laws
making medical marijuana legal.  At the federal level, all marijuana is illegal, for any
reason.  When this issue makes it to the federal courts, the state laws will be ruled
unconstitutional because of the Supremacy Clause.

Local
laws have the least authority, and cannot contradict state law, federal law or the
Constitution.

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This Constitution, and the Laws of the United
States which shall be made in Pursuance thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall
be made, under the Authority of the United States, shall be the supreme Law of the Land;
and the Judges in every State shall be bound thereby, any Thing in the Constitution or
Laws of any State to the Contrary
notwithstanding.

The 10th
amendment also specifies what kinds of laws are state powers only, and this does protect
the authority of the individual states somewhat.

log 2 (x+5) + log 2 (x+2) = log 2 (x+6)

 log 2 (x+5) + log 2 (x+2) = log 2
(x+6)

We know that log x + log y = log
x*y

==> log 2 (x+5)(x+2) = log 2
(x+6)

We know that if log x = log y ==>
x=y

==> (x+5)(x+2) =
(x+6)

Open
brackets:

==> x^2 + 7x + 10 =
x+6

==> X^2 + 6X + 4
=0

==> x =[ -6 +
sqrt(36-16)]/2

           = [-6 + sqrt(20)] /
2

           = [-6 +
2sqrt(5)]/2

            = -3 +
sqrt(5)

==> the answer is x = -3 +
sqrt(5)

What is the function of the prefix in "impossible?"

A prefix is a word part in front of a base or root word. 
The purpose of the prefix, “im--”, is to negate the meaning of the root or base word,
“possible.”  The true definition of im—is “not”.  Other prefixes that mean “not” are
un--, in--, il--, ir--, and dis--.  These prefixes give adjectives, nouns, and verbs a
negative meaning. 

Memorizing the meaning of prefixes and
suffixes is really handy when you are confronted by a word you don’t know.  Breaking the
word into its parts will help you discover the meaning when you know what the prefix or
suffix means.  The memorization of the meanings of prefixes and suffixes will help you
build your vocabulary and increase your reading comprehension. 

What are some poetic devices used in "On the Grasshopper and the Cricket" by John Keats?

Poetic devices are the same as literary devices plus the
addition of some structural features that are specific to poetry. Some structural
features follow: "On the Grasshopper and the Cricket" is a fourteen line sonnet with a
rhyme scheme of a b b a a b b a  c d e c d e with no end couplet making it a Petrarchan
sonnet instead of a Shakespearean sonnet.

The rhythm is in
iambs ( ^ / ) for five feet of repeating patterns: it is in iambic pentameter. The
sonnet structure is an octave of eight non-alternating lines and six ending lines
comprising a sestet. There are voltas (turns in topic) at lines 5 and 9 where the topics
turn from the general voice of the poetry of nature to the specific voice of the
grasshopper (5) and the from the grasshopper to a comparison of the cricket in winter to
the grasshopper of summer.

Some poetic devices classed as
techniques used by Keats follow: The poem is based upon a double metaphor in which the
poetry of earth is compare to the grasshopper and the cricket is compared to the
grasshopper. Keats also employs personification (e.g., "he rests at ease," "frost has
wrought") and sensory imagery (e.g., "voice will run from hedge to
hedge").

Keats also uses the figures of speech that are
word schemes, which manipulate sounds, letters, syntax and words to create rhetorical
effects. He uses anastrophe, a type of hyperbaton, that places the adjective on the
wrong side of the noun (e.g., "ceasing never," "warmth increasing ever"). He also uses
the type of hyperbaton called apocope in which the word-final letters or syllables are
dropped for effect or to fit a meter. An example is "lone winter evening" in which the
-ly is dropped from lonely to create
lone.

In To Kill a Mockingbird, would the story have been more effective from another point of view other than Scout? If so, whose? Why?

After having read the book, t may have been more
interesting to see things from, let's say, Boo Radley's perspective.  He's a character
we want to know more about, so we'd like to see him laughing at the kids as they roll
Scout up to his house in a tire, or see him laboriously stitching up Jem's overalls.  We
would find out more about him, of course.  BUT we'd only be able to see what he sees
from the vantage point of his window and the few times we know of that he leaves the
house. 

The same thing is true of each
character:

• Dill would be interesting to follow,
  but he's not always there.


• Jem is there, but he already
  knows many of the things Scout asks about or learns, so we wouldn't get as much
  information from him.


• Miss Maudies is sassy, so I'd like
  to hear her tell the story; however, she's not involved enough to give us everything we
  get from Scout (and we'd miss the entire snowman
  episode!).


• Aunt Alexandra is not around nearly
  enough.


• Atticus is too adult--we learn about so many
  things as he's explaining them to Scout throughout the story.  We'd also miss all the
  Miss Caroline stuff.

The bottome line is that
Scout is the best storyteller for this story.  What we lose by her not knowing
everything we gain from her questioning of others--or their correction of her.  She's
funny, young, talkative, inexperienced, and in the middle of everything. 
Perfect.

What is the area of arectangle whose perimeter is 40 and the length is 4 more than 4 time the width?

To calculate the area of the rectangle, we'll have to know
the values of the lengths of the sides of the
rectangle.

Let's note the length as a and the width as
b.

From enunciation we know
that:

a = 4 + 4b
(1)

From enunciation we also know that the
perimeter is 40 units.

The formula for perimeter of a
rectangle is:

P =
2(a+b)

40 =
2(a+b)

We'll divide by 2 and we'll use the symmetric
property:

a+b = 20
(2)

To calculate a and b we have to solve
the system of equations (1) and (2).

We'll substitute (1)
in (2):

4 + 4b + b = 20

We'll
subtract 4:

5b = 20-4

5b =
16

We'll divide by
5:

b = 16/5
units

We'll substitute b in
(2):

a + 16/5 = 20

We'll
subtract 16/5:

a = 20 -
16/5

a =
84/5

Now, we'll calculate the area of the
rectangle:

A = a*b

A =
84*16/5*5

A = 53.76 square
units

What is the overall message conveyed by the play King Lear?

For me the most important overall message (And I say "most
important," because this is Shakespeare and there are, potentially, ump-teen "overall"
messages.) would have to relate to the fact that the play is a Tragedy, and as such is
meant to focus on the fall of a great and noble character due to a tragic
flaw.

Tragedies, while not really meant to instruct the
audience, are certainly intended to show how our own human nature is our worst enemy,
and the more closely we look inside our own hearts and minds for the reasons our life is
as it is, the more we'll understand the world around us.  And in King
Lear, Lear himself, suffering from the tragic flaw of a prideful and
self-righteous nature, learns to see the world through new eyes, even as he suffers the
consequences of his actions in the opening Act of the
play.

So, the overall message, for me, is to look beyond
the surface -- the title, job, sex or rank -- of a person to see what is in their
heart.  To not be too quick to listen to the easy words someone might speak, but to take
care to watch how they behave before judging them or their actions.  One of my favorite
moments on the heath, in Act IV, scene vi, is when Lear, who has alleged that he knows
so much about just behaviour and right and wrong
observes:

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Through tatter'd clothes small vices do
appear.

Robes and furr'd gowns hide all.  Plate sin with
gold,

And the strong lance of justice hurtless
breaks.

Arm it in rags, a pigmy's straw does pierce
it.

So, he understands that
clothes and position, ultimately do not make the man, but that we operate in the world
as if they do.  Of course, since this is a Tragedy, Lear learns his lesson too late. 
However, the audience does get the satisfaction of his reconciliation with Cordelia,
once he can see her for who she really is, even though this redemptive moment cannot
save either one of their lives.

How many cancer(s) of the bone are there?

Bone cancer
is caused by a problem with the cells that make bone. More than 2,000 people are
diagnosed in the United States each year with a bone tumor. Bone tumors occur most
commonly in children and adolescents and are less common in older
adults.

There are many
different types of bone cancers. Bone cancer occurs when there is an abnormality in the
cells that make bone. Bone tumors are found more frequently in children than adults.
When an adult has a bone tumor it is usually from another tumor that has spread to the
bone.

Osteosarcoma is the most common type of bone cancer.
It primarily affects males and is an aggressive cancer. Ewing's Sarcoma is very
aggressive and also occurs primarily in males 15 years of age and younger.
Chondrosarcoma is also a common type of bone cancer than can be aggressive or slow
growing and occurs most commonly in people over the age of 40. Other types of bone
cancers include chordoma, fibrosarcoma, and malignant fibrous
histiocytoma.

Through Hrothgar's achievements the poet suggest his own system of values. What seems to matter most to the people in his society?

The poet doesn't spend a lot of time in
Beowulf extolling the virtues of Hrothgar.  For most of the story,
Hrothgar is therather defeated king of a people plagued by a ravaging monster.  In the
geneology at the beginning of the work which explains how Hrothgar assumed the throne,
we do see what Hrothgar once was--and will presumably become again once Grendel and his
mother are dead. 

The text I'm using is the Seamus Heaney
translation, but the ideas will be similar in all translations, I presume.  There
are three aspects of life which seem to matter most to the people of the day, as valued
by the poet(s) who sang/wrote Beowulf.  (This corporate authorship
over time adds a complication to your question, which refers to a single poet.  The
values of every poet who passed on the story as well as the monks who finally
transcribed it from an oral story into a written one--as well as the translators, to
some degree--are undoubtedly reflected in the finished work, as well. However, we have
to deal with one text, so here goes.) We'll presume the poet/storyteller sang/spoke
about what mattered to the people for whom he
performed.

The first thing we learn is that Hrothgar was an
effective leader.  We read that "the fortunes of war favored Hrothgar."  He was
apparently an effective leader in battle. 

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Friends and kinsmen flocked to his
ranks,

young followers, a force that
grew

to be a mighty
army.

This is evidence that a
good leader is one who can win in battle--something which was quite common in that place
and time.  People were willing to follow someone who could defeat his enemies. 
Ironically, of course, Hrothgar will later be paralyzed, in a way, by the marauding
Grendel.  But not so in the beginning.

The next thing
Hrothgar did which shows us what the poet, and presumably the people, valued was to
build a great hall. 

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                           ...So his mind
turned

to hall-building: he handed down
orders

for men to work on a great
mead-hall

meant to be a wonder of the world
forever.

This great hall
served the dual purpose of protection from enemies, as it's the place all would come for
shelter from whatever danger was upon them, and a symbol of a town's greatness to the
rest of the world.  Remember, their world was a much smaller place than anything we
might mean by "the world."  It was a sign of greatness and power to have a fine, artful,
and grand hall in a town.  It's the first thing Hrothgar did after returning from his
successes in battle, indicating the great value of a great hall.  Again, ironically,
this hall is virtually emptied by the threatening presence of
Grendel.

Finally, Hrothgar was faithful to reward those who
deserved it. He "doled out rings/ and torques at the table."  This is a picture of a
gracious and grateful king.  Being recognized and rewarded for services rendered was a
value of the poets, and presumably all Anglo-Saxons.  This giving of gifts as a reward
for services rendered is a foreshadowing of what's to come for
Beowulf.

Can someone please help me out with the historical time period for the novel Lord of the Flies?Can you suggest me two or more subheadings which I...

William Golding wrote Lord of the
Flies based on his own experienes at the start of World War II. The novel
takes the reader through the torment of good vs evil similar to the Nazi vs the Allies.
The young boys digress from the good upbringing of the British society to the evil
destruction of each other and the island in the fashion of war. Other subheadings might
include Good vs evil, the destruction of man, perhaps the adults as the teachers of
evil, the older boys (Ralph, Jack, Simon) as the doer of evil, and the younguns as the
learners of evil. The continuation of life or evil based on what is
taught.

Describe in brief the steps and actions of Menelaus in the Trojan War.

Menelaus, son of Atreus, is the brother of Agamemnon. He
is also the husband of Helen and, therefore, when Paris/Alexander abducts her, Menelaus
wants to recover his wife, so he enlists the aid of his brother, Agamemnon, and many
other noble Greeks.

In Homer's Iliad,
Menelaus makes a major appearance in the third book, as he has a one-on-one duel with
Paris. Menelaus would have killed Paris if goddess Aphrodite had not rescued him.
Immediately after Paris is rescued, Menelaus is wounded by the Trojan Pandarus
(Iliad 4).

Menelaus recovers, though,
and returns to the fighting in Iliad 11, as he and Ajax rescue
Odysseus when he finds himself cut off from the rest of his comrades. In Iliad
13, Menelaus appears again as he kills the Trojan
Peisander.

We find Menelaus again in Iliad
17, when he kills the Trojan Euphorbas and then, accompanied by Ajax, tries
to protect and recover the body of Patroclus. Throughout that book, Menelaus continues
to protect Patroclus and eventually sends Antilochus to tell Achilles of his friend's
death.

In Iliad 23, Menalaus barely
loses the chariot race during the funeral games for
Patroclus.

Elsewhere in the saga of the Trojan War, we hear
that Menelaus was one of the Greek warriors hidden inside the wooden horse and that he
participated in the final destruction of Troy. After the war, Menelaus was reunited with
his wife Helen and eventually they made it back to their native land of Sparta. In the
fourth book of Homer's Odyssey, we find them at home and living a seemingly happy
existence.

f(x)=6xsq/ x-7 need to know the correct way too work this out. I got it wrong, not sure why

If you want to calculate the division between 6x^2
(supposing that you mean by 6xsq = 6x square raised) and x-7, you could apply the rule
of division with reminder.

Let's see
how:

6x^2 = (x-7)*Q(x) +
R(x)

Q(x) is the quotient and it is represented by a first
degree polynomial:

Q(x) =
ax+b

R(x) is the reminder and it is represented by a
constant( a number). The degree of R(x) has to be smaller that the degree of x-7. Since
the degree of the polynomial x-7 is 1, the degree of R(x) is
0.

Let's re-write the
division:

6x^2 = (x-7)*(ax+b) +
c

We'll remove the brackets from the right
side:

6x^2 = ax^2 + bx - 7ax - 7b +
c

We'll combine like terms from the right
side:

6x^2 = ax^2 + x(b-7a) - 7b +
c

The polynomial from the left side is equal with the
polynomial from the right side, if and only if the correspondent coefficients are
equal.

We'll re-write 6x^2 = 6x^2 + 0x +
0

a =
6

b - 7a = 0, but a =
6

b - 7*6 = 0

b - 42 =
0

We'll add 42 both
sides:

b =
42

-7b + c = 0, but b =
42

c = 7b

c =
7*42

c =
294

The result of the division
is :

 6x^2/(x-7) = 6x + 42 +
[294/(x-7)]

Since it is said that vomit contains acid, is morning sickness harmful to a expecting woman?

It is true that emesis does contain HCl or hydrochloric
acid from the stomach. Periodic morning sickness or nausea and vomiting are fairly
common in the pregnant female but these episodes are not harmful unless they become
intractable. Intractable nausea and vomiting means that the nausea and vomiting episodes
are continual and prolonged. In other words, the female has continual nausea and
vomiting with repeated episodes.

With intractable nausea
and vomiting, the danger comes from the loss of electrolytes in the emesis, not from the
HCl coming into contact with the esophagus or mouth. Repeated episodes of vomiting or
diarrhea cause us to lose fluids and electrolytes like Na., K., Cl., etc., this can
become harmful in the pregnant or nonpregnant female.

Extract passages from chapter one and explain them, please.The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

As the exposition of Hawthorne's classic novel, the grey
starkness of Puritan life and its sanctimonious cruelty and punishment of any who fail
to comply with its stringent ideology is portrayed in the description of the prison, the
oldest of all structures in the community:

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A throng of bearded men, in sad-colored garments
and grey steeple-crowned hats, intermixed with women, some wearing hoods, and others
barheaded, was assembled in front of a wooden edifice, the door of which was heavily
timbered with oak, and studded with iron spikes....The rust on the ponderous iron-work
of its oaken door looked more antique than anything else in the New World.  Like all
that pertains to crime, it seemed never to have known a youthful
era.

Incongruously, in front
of this door is a rose bush, covered with delicate and fragant
beauty:

But
on one side of the portal, and rooted almost at the threshold, was a wild rose-bush,
covered, in this month of June, with its delicate gems, which might be imagined to offer
their fragrance and fragile beauty to the prisoner as he went in, and to the condemned
criminal as he came forth to his doom, in token that the deep heart of Nature could pity
and be kind to him.

This rose
bush stands as a symbol of the power of nature to thrive in all situations.  It also
represents the passion of the occupant behind the door, a passion incarnate in the body
of little Pearl.

In Chapter I Nathaniel Hawthorne sets
the tone for the "tale of human frailty and sorrow" which follows.  The rust and decay
and ugliness of the prison and its door foreshadow the gloom of the narrative to
follow.  The landmarks of Puritanism, the prison and the cemetery, suggest the themes of
punishment and death, themes that meet in the climax of the novel.  The rose, in its
beauty, is Hawthorne's invitation to find "some sweet moral blossom" in the tragic tale
that follows.

What were the economic and social conditions of blacks in the South during Reconstruction?

What were the economic and social conditions of blacks in
the South during Reconstruction?

Most made their living as
farm laborers and tenant farmers; many made their living as household servants; a good
number made their living in the mechanical trades such as carpentry, brick laying,
etc.

Generally speaking, their former masters were their
best friends and supporters amongst the white population.  And generally speaking, those
whites who had never owned slaves, both middle-class and poor, sought "to keep them in
their place."  Their former owners were not into elevating them politically or socially
across the board but were supportive of giving them opportunity to elevate themselves
individually through their own efforts.  The former nonslaveowning whites were for
denying them opportunity to elevate themselves through individual effort.  In a
democracy, the majority (non former slave owners)soon suppress the minority (former
slave owners) even if the minority is more elevated in its
principles.

Blacks fared better in parts of the South that
were majority black because there were fewer former nonslave owning whites living in
those areas; many or most whites in those areas were former slave owners who thought
more of giving the blacks a chance.

The Republican Party
had prosecuted the War against the South and were the post-war exploiters and oppressors
of the South, so most Southern whites hated the Republican Party.  On the other hand,
the Republican Party was responsible for the freedom of the blacks, so most Southern
blacks supported the Republican Party.  For a time, the Republican Party ruled the South
by disenfranchising many whites and enfranchising the blacks.  This also created white
resentment against the blacks which later translated to intensified efforts "to keep
them in their place."

There is a short story of fiction
about this era that you can find on the Internet.  It was written by a woman from the
North who lived in the South during this period.  Most historical fiction has its
author's slant to the interpretation, but then so does most history.  A fiction writer
can lie but a history writer can only distort or he will receive no creedence at all. 
But I digress.  This story will give you an idea of some aspects of race relations and
black status during Reconstruction.  It is "King David" by Constance Woolson.  The link
is below.

In The Canterbury Tales "Prologue" what suggestions/criticisms does Chaucer share about Medieval society through the positive portraits of characters?

Chaucer is considered a student of human nature.  He was
very observant about what he saw transpiring around him and used his writing to convey
praise or disapproval.

While Chaucer was very unhappy with
the hypocrisy he noticed taking place around him (especially with members of the
Church), he was quick to praise those who were humble, caring, honest and
giving.

In particular, one character he praises is
the Knight. He is a humble man who has served in battle
with valor.  He has been to the crusades, he does not dress to impress, but the clothing
beneath his armor is worn from extensive use.  He is humble and well-mannered, and in
coming home, his first obligation is to to go on a pilgrimage to give
thanks.

Praise that Chaucer would offer by inference
regarding the Knight would include advice that a knight would have to honor his rank by
fighting, and fighting well.  This kind of a man would be expected to handle himself as
a gentleman, not try to impress people with fancy clothes, and humbly present himself at
a holy place to give thanks to God for his safe return.

By
praising the Parson, Chaucer draws
particular attention to his  strengths, and by addressing the righteous things the
Parson does, he draws attention to behaviors that are directly hypocritical to God's
"calling," specifically with other men of God such as the Monk and the
Friar.

The Parson is a man who has taken his vow of poverty
seriously (as the Monk and Friar have not).  Everything he teaches comes straight from
the scriptures for the benefit of his parish.  He is patient in the face of difficulty.
 He does not ask the poor members of the parish to give him money (as do the Monk and
the Friar); instead, the Parson would give to the poor from his own "goods" and "Easter
offerings."

The Parson would work tirelessly for his
"flock," never failing to visit those sick or in need, despite the poor weather.  He was
not interested in entertaining himself or traveling for fun, but stayed close to home to
be of service to his "sheep."

The Parson is very different
than the Monk or the Friar who hunt, travel, take money from the poor, and are intimate
with the women. (The Monk does some of these, the Friar the others.)  The Parson
welcomed all men and women regardless of their lot in life, and lived a life that set a
good Christian example.

By extolling the virtues of the
Parson, by example he points out what is admirable in a man, and what is worthy of
censorship (as with the Monk and the Friar).

What implicit and explicit stage directions are used in Act II Scene 1 and Scene 2 of Macbeth, if any?

It can be confusing to rely upon stage directions printed
in the edition of any Shakespeare play you are reading -- The Arden, The Folger,
Penguin, etc.  The editors of these editions choose what stage directions to include in
their version of each script, and so it is hard to rely upon one single edition for the
"real" stage directions.

The place, however, that you can
look in a Shakespeare play for stage directions is the text itself.  Shakespeare relied
upon embedded stage directions, which means that the stage
directions are implied in what characters are saying.  Let's look at the embedded
directions in each of the scenes you
mention.

Act II, scene
i:

The scene begins with a sort of
anti-stage direction, Banquo and Fleance commenting on the fact that there has been no
striking of the hour.  To mention something that the audience doesn't hear might seem
odd, but it could also imply that Shakespeare intends a deathly stillness on stage at
the opening of the scene.

We know the exact moment of
Macbeth's entrance into the scene (and that there must be some noise that precedes him)
by Banquo's "Who's there?"  Shakespeare's theatre didn't, as far as we know, have
directors, but lines like this one were a useful way for Shakespeare to "direct" the
play from the page.

"Is this a dagger which I see before
me?"  This is a real question, and we have no way of knowing if there was some special
effect here, making a dagger visible to the actor playing Macbeth and the audience.  It
is entirely possible, but, when staging the play, this question must be considered in
choosing whether to materialize a dagger or not.

At the end
of this scene, Macbeth mentions "The bell invites me." which refers to the command he
has given a servant earlier in the scene, "bid thy mistress...strike upon the bell." 
So, there is a sound effect called for
here.

Act II, scene
ii:

This is a scene of much tension and some
confusion, so there are mentions by Lady Macbeth and Macbeth of sounds and noises that
both may or may not hear.  Shakespeare lets the audience know this when Macbeth enters
asking, "Who's there?" "Didst thou hear a noise?" and "Didst not you speak?"  Whether
these are actual sounds the audience can hear seems to be, like the dagger in the scene
before, up for discussion.

However, before Macbeth's
entrance, Lady Macbeth mentions hearing "the owl" and "the
grooms...snores."

Macbeth refers to the knocking that
enters the scene and continues with "Whence is that
knocking?"

There is also reference to the hands of first
Macbeth and then Lady Macbeth.  Macbeth says, "What hands are here?" and mentions how
red they are.  Lady Macbeth returns with, what must also be red hands.  She says, "My
hands are of your colour."

The knocking escalates (referred
to by both Lady Macbeth and Macbeth), adding urgency to the a very tightly wound and
intense scene.

Why is Macbeth addressed as Thane of Cawdor by Ross in Shakespeare's play Macbeth?I'm in grade 11 and we're studying Shakespeare's Macbeth. This...

The simple answer is that the king, Duncan, has decided to
reward Macbeth's loyalty and courage on the battlefield by awarding him the title of one
of the slain traitors--The Thane of Cawdor.  Ross
says:

The
king hath happily received, Macbeth,

The news of thy
success; and when he reads

Thy personal venture in the
rebels' fight,

His wonders and his praises do
contend

Which should be thine or his. .
.

And, for an earnest of a greater
honour,

He bade me, from him, call thee Thane of Cawdor. .
.

This is a great honor, but
it is more than that to Macbeth.  It is this fulfillment of part of the prophecy just
delivered to him (and Banquo) by the Three Witches. And it is this fulfillment of the
first part of the prophecy that makes the idea of killing Duncan in
order to fulfill the second part -- that Macbeth shall be king --
so possible in Macbeth's mind.

It is also ironic that
Duncan bestows the title of Thane of Cawdor on Macbeth, since the slain Thane of Cawdor
that Macbeth replaces was killed in rising up against his king, Duncan, in a failed
attempt to gain Duncan's power for himself.

Why do cells use two ATP at the beginning of glycolysis?

Glycolysis is a chain of reactions that results in the
conversion of glucose into high energy compounds ATP and
NADH.

There are ten steps that constitute the reactions
which go on during the generation of energy from glucose. The first five steps are
considered preparatory steps and involve the use of two ATP molecules. This converts
glucose into three carbon sugar phosphates.

In the
following 5 steps the products created after the initial steps are used, resulting in
the formation of 2 NADH molecules and 4 ATP molecules. Therefore there is a net output
of 2 ATP and 2 NADH molecules per molecule of glucose during
glycolysis.

An automobile initially moving at 30 ft/sec accelerates uniformly at 15 ft/sec^2. How fast is it moving after 3 sec.At the end of 3s the driver...

We'll have to write the equation that describes the
velocity of an object under acceleration.

v = v0 + a*t
(1)

We'll insert the given
informations:

v(3s) = 30 ft/s + (15
ft/s^2)(3s)

v(3s) = 30 ft/s + 45
ft/s

v(3s) = 75
ft/s

At the end of the interval of 3s, the
car is decelerated (the acceleration is opposite to the direction of
velocity).

v = 75 ft/s + (-30
ft/s^2)t

When the car comes to stop, v =
0.

0 = 75 ft/s + (-30
ft/s^2)t

-75 ft/s =
-30(ft/s^2)*t

t = 2.5
s

After 2.5 s, the car comes
to stop.

What is x for log(x+7) - log3x = log5

We'll write the equation

 log
(x+7) -  log 3x = log 5

We could use the quotient property
of the logarithms:

log a - log b = log
(a/b)

We'll put a = x+7 and b = 3x and we'll
get:

log [(x+7)/3x] = log
5

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

(x+7)/3x = 5

We'll
cross multiply:

 x+7 =
15x

We'll isolate x to the left side. For this reason,
we'll subtract 15 both sides:

-14x =
-7

We'll divide by -14 both
sides:

x =
7/14

x =
1/2

Since the value of x is
positive, the solution of the equation is admissible and it is x =
1/2.

"yet finding a power of fault with me for doing a thing that had some good in it." chap.1 p8 line 11. What does "power of fault" mean ?.The...

In this first chapter of Mark Twain's The
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, Huck introduces himself to the reader.  In
addition, he introduces the Widow Douglas with whom he lives.  However, each time that
Huck describes her positively, he also has a negative remark.  For instance, he first
narrates that she has taken him in as her son with the intention of civilizing
him,

but it
was rough living in the house all the time, considering how dismal regular and decent
the widow was in all
ways.

After he runs away, she
cries and calls him a "poor lost lamb,"

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and she called me a lot of other names, too, but
she never meant no harm by
it.

Then, when Huck wants to
smoke, Widow Douglas tells him it is a mean practice and unclean.  This upsets Pip
because she is concerned about Moses, when he is dead, but finds "a power of fault" with
Huck for doing a thing that "had some good in it."  And,
besides,

she
took snuff too; of course that was all right, because she done it
herself.

It would seem,
therefore, that Widow Douglas, like so many self-righteous Christians, has double
standards.  According to Huck, the Widow has some kindness, but she acts righteous at
the end of each conflict, wishing to maintain control.  So, in her fault-finding, she
reclaims a certain power.