In Chapter 38 of Great Expectations, what images does Dickens invoke to describe Miss Havisham and, with proof, why use these?

In a thorough description of Miss Havisham, Pip describes
her as "most weird," as with "witch-like eagerness" she "extorted from Estella the names
and conditions of the men whom she had fascinated."  It is as though Miss Havisham draws
life from Estella. And, at this point, Pip reflects upon the artificiality of Miss
Havisham's life with the mere candle light in an air that "is seldom renewed."  He
regards the gloom, the stopped clock, the withered garments, and Miss Havisham's
"ghostly reflection thrown large by the fire upon the ceiling and
wall."

Pip notices the "bitter sense of dependence" that
Miss Havisham has regarding Estella.  For, it is as though Miss Havisham can exist
only by  vicariously experiencing what Estella has.  Thus, after Estella is cold to her,
Miss Havisham appears ghostly to Pip.  Later, as he lies awake in a separate part of the
house across the courtyard, he is haunted by a vision in his mind of "a thousand Miss
Havishams."  So, he rises and goes to a long stone passageway where he sees "Miss
Havisham going along it in a ghostly manner, making a low cry."  As he moves away, Pip
hears her "ceaseless low cry."

From a witch-like
appearance, Miss Havisham has withered to a mere ghost of a person.  For while her goal
in life has been to wreak revenge on men through Estella, she has drawn sustenance for
her life from her love for the girl. When Estella tells her that she cannot return a
love she has been taught to not possess, Miss Havisham, withered already by her life of
deprivation, now becomes ghostly.  She is a mere apparition of herself; Pip notes that
on the subsequent visits he notices "something like fear infused" among the former
characteristics of Miss Havisham's manner with Estella.

Why does Shelley not give the monster a name in Frankenstein? Who is the real monster?Are there many monsters in Frankenstein?

In Mary Shelley's Frankenstein, the
evil of science taking precedence over nature is proven in the two characters of Victor
Frankenstein and the creature that he creates.  While the creature is hideous in
appearance, his soul is innocent at his moment of life:  He smiles at his creator on
whom he has fixed his adoring eyes, with one hand stretched out; but, horrified at what
he calls a "demoniacal corpse," Victor flees and deserts him.  In his search for Victor,
the creature comes across little William, who fatefully mentions his father's name. 
When the creature hears the name Frankenstein, he kills
William.

Later, when the creature finds refuge in a hovel
in the country, he vicariously shares in the lives of the loving De Lacy family by
secretly watching them.  From their readings and conversation, the creature learns to
talk.  In appreciation for what he learns and in sympathy for their impoverished
condition, the creature cuts their wood each day. However, in his hunger for
companionship, the creature enters the cottage when Felix and Agatha are out.  Because
the old man is blind, he talks with the creature, but when Felix returns, he fears the
huge, hideous-looking creature and attacks him. Alienated and bereft of any
companionship, the creature finds Victor and pleas with him to create a partner for him,
promising to do no more evil and leave the area if Victor will do so.  Frankenstein at
first agrees, but later, changes his mind.  As a result, the creature seeks revenge by
killing Victor's fiancee. 

While the creature does murder,
he acts mainly as Victor's "darker side," acting out of his deep hurt. For, without the
rejection of humanity, he would not have committed his evil deeds.  Towards the de
Laceys he is kind, affectionate, and loving in his thoughts and actions.  He saves a
girl from drowning, but he is rewarded only with beatings and repulsion. When Victor
dies, the creature cries and mourns the death of his creator whom he loved; and, he
expresses grief over the deaths he has caused.  Indeed, in this scene, the creature is a
poignant character.

Thus, in her narrative, it would seem
that Shelley suggests that Victor is the veritable monster as in his pride he rejects
what he has created, and he does not confess his actions, allowing innocent people to
die.  Even in his death, he expresses no sympathy for the creature who cries over him
later.  Victor's obsession with science and his pride at presuming to be the creator of
a living being are what make him more of a monster, a monster against what is natural,
than the creature in whom he injects life.

Solve the system -2x+3y=8 3x-y=-5

We'll solve the system using the elimination
method.

We'll note the equations of the system
as:

-2x+3y = 8 (1)

3x-y = -5
(2)

We'll multiply (2) by
3:

3*(3x-y) = -5*3

9x - 3y =
-15 (3)

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

9x - 3y - 2x + 3y=
-15+8

We'll eliminate like
terms:

7x = -7

We'll divide by
-7:

x = -1

We'll substitute
the value of x into (2):

3x-y =
-5

-3- y = -5

We'll add 3 both
sides:

-y = -5+3

-y =
-2

y = 2

The
solution of the system is: {(-1 , 2)}.

Explain what Emerson means by "envy is ignorance."

"Envy is ignorance" because it prevents the development of
an individual.  To wish to be like someone else is to deny one's own
potential--"suicide"--and, thus, to remain in the darkness of ignorance.  Known for his
repeated phrase of "trust thyself," Emerson repudiated the idea of a man's wishing to
conform in his envy. 

Emerson's essay,
Self-Reliance, begins with what he felt was
genius:

To
believe your own thought, to believe what is true for you in your private heart is true
for all men--that is
genius.

Trusting oneself, and
being an individual are genius, the antithesis of envy.  Emerson contends that God has
made each person unique with his/her own individual work to do.  Therefore, to trust
one's own thoughts and actions is very much like listening to God and acting upon His
wishes. 

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"Society everywhere is in conspiracy against the
manhood of every one of its
members."

For Emerson, the
importance of the individual is paramount.  "Self-reliance is its [conformity's]
aversion."  The integrity of one's mind is what matters, not imitation, not
envy.

In "The Cask of Amontillado", what is the theme?

Unfortunately, you are not allowed to ask more than one
question, so I have chosen to focus on the theme of this terrifying short story. From
the very first paragraph it is clear that revenge is Montresor's central motive for
acting in the way that he does:

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The thousand injuries of Fortunato I had borne as
best I could; but when he ventured upon insult, I vowed
revenge.

Although the exact
nature of this "insult" is never divulged, revenge is the driving force that leads
Montresor to plot and enact his most gruesome of punishments. Consider Montresor's
motto, "Nemo me impune lacessit", which means "Nobody attacks me without punishment",
which adds a moment of black humour to the story as Fortunato responds to the firmness
of this motto with a strong approbation: '"Good!" he said.' Of course, the first
paragraph is key to the reader in terms of displaying Montresor's plan, which is an
enactment of his motto:

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A wrong is unredressed when retribution overtakes
its redresser. It is equally unredressed when the avenger fails to make himself felt as
such to him who has done the
wrong.

It is vital therefore
to Montresor that Fortunato meets his fate at his hand - Fortunato must know that it is
Montresor who is exacting the revenge himself, otherwise, by Montresor's definition, it
would not be revenge.

Thus it is revenge that drives
Montresor and impels him to devise such a terrible manner of achieving his revenge
against Fortunato, which, of course, allows Montresor to observe first hand the revenge
he is gaining against his enemy, bricking him in to the depths of his catacombs as he
locks away his crime in his mind and re-enters the light of day
again.

How does Gulliver appear to regard his own story's publication? What effect, if any, does he expect it will have on readers?

This is to me one of the funniest parts of the story,
since Gulliver takes it very personal and is at his angriest. Basically Gulliver told
off his cousin. He was pretty upset because he claims that his cousin "sold him out" in
terms of embellishing and making up stories. He was mad also because he wanted to change
the world and its ruined behaviors in a period of seven months after his book got
published. Yet, the way that his cousin twisted the story led people to believe that the
world needed no fixing, that everything is OK and, as a result, his book became obsolete
and unnecessary. Nobody received the "enlightenment" that Gulliver intended to give, and
so for all the efforts that he went through he basically wasted his time. And its all
his cousin's fault.

When you have a chance, read the actual
text (linked below) because it is quite funny to even picture Gulliver expressing
himself this way.

Compare and contrast the misfit and grandmother. Do they come to seem more different or more alike over the course of the story? IN what ways?

When the Misfit and his gang come upon the grandmother and
her family after the car accident, the reader sees almost immediately that the Misfit is
older than the other men, so like the grandmother, he is the oldest one in the
group:

He was
an older man than the other two. His hair was just beginning to gray and he wore
silver-rimmed spectacles that gave him a scholarly
look.

At this point, the
grandmother believes he is someone she knows, that perhaps she "had known him all her
life." This reference points out that they do seem to have some similarities and perhaps
the Misfit in some ways represents what the grandmother could have been had she not had
her faith, which trumped her negative nature and kept her from turning into something
totally evil, like the Misfit.

Both the grandmother and the
Misfit are controlling individuals. The grandmother's controlling nature has turned her
into an odious and annoying woman, but not a criminal because her religion has kept
things in check. The Misfit's controlling nature has turned him into a criminal because
he does not have any saving faith in his life. In fact, he has turned against religion,
as he tells the grandmother at the end of the story. He has totally gone over to the
dark side and this is why he can kill a family in cold
blood.

I think that as the Misfit and grandmother's
personalities are revealed, the reader sees how unlike they are. The Misfit seems to
grow more and more evil the more the grandmother talks and forces him to look inside of
his soul and see the evil man that he has become. In contrast, the more the grandmother
talks, and as her family is killed, one by one, even the children, the closer she relies
on her faith. She asks the Misfit if he prays, and then she begins to pray, out loud, as
she realizes he is killing her family and is going to kill her. The more she prays and
the closer she comes to relying on her faith, the angrier the Misfit gets and we see how
anti-faith he is. The grandmother keeps trying to appeal to the Misfit's sense of right
and wrong, but he is a sociopath and does not have any. When he kills the grandmother,
he notes that she could have been an OK woman if she had not talked too much, but this
is because what she talked about was Jesus. In the end, he tells his sidekick, Bobby
Lee,

"Shut up,
Bobby Lee." The Misfit said. "It's no real pleasure in
life."

Faith is an important
part in all of Flannery O'Connor's short stories and they really cannot be interpreted
apart from this.

Having trouble with a thesis statement for comparing and contrasting Sammy in A & P to Edie in "How I Met My Husband." I have the comparison...

Both stories are "rite of passage" stories: one is about a
boy (Sammy) and the other is about a girl named Edie.  "Rite of passage" refers to the
passing from an age of innocence, naiveté, and simplicity, when the world is as it
appears--nothing hidden and no need to confront the seriousness of the world, to that
moment (perhaps not even remembered) when we all leave "childhood" (including
adolescence) behind.

A rite of passage can present itself
in a variety of ways: significantly a bar mitzvah or turning sixteen. Sometimes it's a
cultural, physical or mental transition, and with some young people, it happens much
earlier than one would wish with, as an example, a death in the family or something that
forces one to "grow up."

However, in both stories, our
protagonists see the world simplistically, with a beauty that comes with youth.
 Updike's A&P is an exquisitely  written story that allows
us to remember, with amazing clarity, how simple and wonderful life was when we would
see an amazing girl (or guy) and see nothing but the beauty.  There is nothing sexual
here, just an appreciation for a truly wonderful work of nature, like a work of
art.

Though Edie's story (in "How I Met My Husband") is not
so carefully presented--with the same details or deeply observed appreciation of Chris
(see Updike's imagery in A&P), the pilot--still the story
circles around how she feels about him and about life, in general.  There is still an
easy innocence on Edie's part, as when she plays "dress up" with Mrs. Peebles' evening
gown and make-up, how Edie responds to Chris' advances, and how she waits each day for a
promised letter that never comes.  Edie is innocent, naive, and even a little
rebellious.  She lets Chris kiss her, and it is only his
self-restraint that keeps it from going beyond a simple kiss; it's not that Edie seems
to know what is beyond--it's just that kiss.  And when Chris'
fiancee becomes accusatory towards Edie when Chris slips off, Edie becomes rebellious,
admitting to something far more serious than a kiss to antagonize Alice, when in fact
(once again) she doesn't convey that she knows what comes after the
kiss.

In writing your thesis statement, I would present the
idea that these are both "rite of passage" stories.  That they capture the innocence of
life before we learn to know the world, with its complications, difficulties, and even
pain.  And somewhere in the essay, be sure to note the significant moment when the
passage is complete: Edie realizes there is no letter coming, and Sammy quits his job
even knowing that things will never be the same.

In A Separate Peace, how did the setting and tone change in Devon in the summer and in the winter?

You have identified a key part of the narration - how the
seasons mirror the tone and events of the novel. Well done! The summer season and mood
at Devon is described just after Finny has managed to talk him and Gene out of getting
into trouble because they missed a meal through jumping out of the tree. Gene
comments:

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That was the way the Masters tended to treat us
that summer. They seemed to be modifying their usual attitude of floating, chronic
disapproval. During the winter most of them regarded anything unexpected in a student
with suspicion, seeming to feel that anything we said or did was potentially illegal.
Now on these clear June days in New Hampshire they appeared to uncoil, they seemed to
believe that we were with them about half the time, and only spent the other half trying
to make fools of them. A streak of tolerance was detectable; Finny decided that they
were beginning to show commendable signs of
maturity.

Note how a metaphor
is used to describe the teachers - like snakes, they have uncoiled in the summer due to
the warmth and are more permissive and accepting of students. They are "mellowed" with
the warmer whether and those "clear June
days".

Significantly, it is Finny's fall (helped by Gene)
that marks the end of summer and the Fall which leads to winter. This is significant
because it marks the end of innocence in Gene and a time when both he and Finny have to
face up to unpleasant realities and come to terms with their relationship and with the
War itself. Chapter Six begins by stating "Peace had deserted Devon" and then continues
to state that although the surroundings were not affected by Fall that much and there
was still the appearance of summer, winter was truly on the
way:

But all
had been caught up, like the first fallen leaves, by a new and energetic wind.... this
was [Devon's] one hundred and sixty-third Winter Session, and the forces reassembled for
it scattered the easygoing summer spirit like so many fallen
leaves.

This change in tone
is caught up by the introductory service of the school, which represented a kind of
clamp-down - a return to authoritarian rules and regimes. Gene himself relates this
change to Finny's "accident":

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Still it had come to an end, in the last long
rays of daylight at the tree, when Phineas
fell.

This change in mood is
reflected again by Gene's comment on the students and how they have changed now in the
Fall:

We had
been an idiosyncratic, leaderless band in the summer, undirected except by the eccentric
notions of Phineas. Now the official class leaders and politicians could be seen taking
charge, assuming as a matter of course their control of these walks and fields which had
belonged only to us.

Thus
this change in mood is kind of a pathetic fallacy - the innocence and fun of summer is
ended in a number of ways. Firstly through the act of Gene pushing Finny off the tree
and his "accident". Secondly through the students continued maturing and awareness of
the War, and lastly because many students were beginning to think about signing up
instead of finishing their schooling. The bleak realities of their existence coincide
with the change in season. This should help you examine the role of the change of
seasons in the rest of the novel. Good luck!

What is ascites?

Ascites is when there is an accumulation of fluid inside
of the abdominal cavity. This fluid is usually serous. Ascitic fluid is usually related
to liver disease, heart failure, or kidney failure. The most common reason that people
develop ascites is because of cirrhosis of the
liver.

Ascites is classified in two different ways and it
is based on albumin levels. There is ascites related to portal hypertension (most
common) and ascites caused by other reasons.

Symptoms of
ascites may vary depending on the amount of fluid that has accumulated inside the
abdominal cavity. If there is little fluid, there may be no symptoms at all. Once there
is a significant amount of fluid, symptoms may include abdominal pain or discomfort,
bloating, or shortness of breath.

Treatments vary depending
on the cause but they may include diet management and certain medications such as
diuretics.

How does Marvin Harris explain how the cow became sacred in India?India's SACRED COW story

Harris argues that there was a spiritual explanation
behind why the cow had become deemed a sacred animal.  As far back as 200 A.D., Brahmin
priests had began stressing the divine nature of the cow and had started instructing
followers to not engage in anything that would demean the animal.  Even prior to that,
Harris argues that the sacred Hindu texts, the Vedas, had expressly written in them
passages that strictly forbade the consumption and mistreatment of the animal.  As
Hinduism became more prominent in the region, its belief of the interconnectedness of
consciousness (what Harris terms as "Ahimsa") dictated that consumption, abuse, and
mistreatment of the cow would be a sin revisited upon the individual for time to come
and would be a bad reflection on their karma.  Harris also argues that the adoption of a
strict worship of the cow might have been done to create stark division between
themselves and foreign invaders who did not hold such beliefs.  Frequent clashes with
Muslims, who are not bound by the sacred cow conventions, and presumably greater clashes
with the British invaders, represented moments where the Hindus were able to define
themselves in opposition to "the other" with their strict worship of the cow and its
reverence.  In this light, spirituality and political identity converged into what is
now a fairly dominant national one.

Comparision of the movie with the novelhow is movie and novel related or inrelated?

To Sir, with Love is an incredibly inspirational story. E.
R. Braithwaite, the author of this memoir, captures beautifully the shame and hatred of
prejudices and racism.It’s a beautiful book about human nature and about the behavior of
teenagers who are treading on the path of being extreme rebels. You just can’t miss
it.Based on the novel by E.R. Braithwaite, To Sir, With Love was one of the biggest
money spinners of 1967.This movie is a cozy, good humoured and unbelievable little
tale.

Verify if the function f=2x/(x^2+1) has one or two extreme values.

To establish the number of extreme values of the given
function, we have to apply the first derivative test.

We
notice that the function is a ratio, so we'll calculate the first derivative using the
quotient rule:

f'(x)=
[(2x)'*(x^2+1)-(2x)*(x^2+1)']/(x^2+1)^2

f'(x)=
[2(x^2+1)-2x*2x]/(x^2+1)^2

f'(x)= (2x^2 +2
-4x^2)/(x^2+1)^2

f'(x)=
(-2x^2+2)/(x^2+1)^2

f'(x)=
(1-x^2)/(x^2+1)^2

In order to calculate the extreme values
of the function, we have to determine the roots of the first
derivative.

f'(x)=0

The
denominator is a sum of squares, so, it will be positive (it won't be zero) for any
value of x.

So, only the numerator could have roots, if the
delta>0.

1-x^2 it's a difference between
squares:

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

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

(1-x)(1+x)=0

We'll
set each factor as zero.

1-x=0,
x=1

1+x=0,x=-1

So, there are 2
extreme values of f(x) and the values
are:

f(1)=2*1/(1^2+1)=2/2=1

f(-1)=2*(-1)/(-1^2+1)=-2/2=-1

What is a suitable theme in Chapter 6 when Gatsby joins Cody on the five year voyage?

A literary archetype displayed through that chapter is the
quest. Every hero goes through one of these and it is the process of the journey that
makes him the well-rounded individual he eventually becomes. During this time the
character may also acquire a new identity or undergo a transformation. This
"quest" might be a possible theme. The idea
of transformation might work. It seems that his time with
Cody significantly shaped him because he seems to have more images of Cody than his own
father (at least one), and Cody is significant enough that both Gatsby the character
brings him up and Fitzgerald, the author brings him up. The real life of Gatsby as
reported through other characters throughout most of the book seems to be significantly
impacted by Cody too.

The image I always get of Gatsby is a
type of nautical man well before the discussion of Cody comes around. This might be
something the author has crafted in his description from chapters 1-5 so that he can
bring the evidence of Gatsby's roots to the surface.

This
sequence of events in chapter 6 also demonstrates a longing for
identity.

Does the poet really seek rest in the poem "The Vagabond" by R. L. Stevenson? Supply what phrase suggests the answer in the first stanza.

This question is written so as to suggest that yes, the
poetic speaker does really seek rest in this poem, "The Vagabond." The word in the first
stanza that might indicate this interpretation is "Bed," the phrase is "Bed in the
bush," and the verse (i.e., line) is "Bed in the bush with the stars to see."
Unfortunately, if you embrace this reading, that the poet really seeks rest in the poem,
you disregard the majority of the first stanza and contradict the second stanza, and you
can't adequately support this thesis of seeking rest with other textual evidence. It's
good to note that the second is also repeated as a refrain in the last stanza closing
the poem: this repetition marks its importance.

The second
stanza, the refrain of the fourth stanza, means, by way of paraphrase: Let the storm
(blow: storm, strong blast) fall upon me either soon or later; let what will be in the
sky be. Give me the ground of earth and an open road before me. I do not seek wealth;
nor do I seek hope or love; nor a friend who knows me. All I want is the heaven above
and a road to walk before me.

Interestingly, Robert Louis
Stevenson made a practice of taking walking tours through England and especially through
Scotland. One of his best short stories, "The Pavilion on the Links," occurs while the
hero is on a walking tour in Scotland. The second stanza of "The Vagabond" reflects this
walkers' spirit--it could possibly be said to reflect Stevenson's personal experience as
a walker, thereby making the poetic speaker's voice synonymous with the poet's own
voice--and contradicts any notion of the vagabond wanting rest. This is particularly
important to note because the stanza is twice written in the
poem.

The actual meaning of the first stanza, based on the
words Stevenson chose, is this, by way of paraphrase: Let the waters flow past me (lave:
waters as in a river flowing). Give me the jolly sky above me and an open road near me.
My bed will be in the bush with the stars to see as my ceiling; my bread I will dip in
the river [instead of in a sauce or in coffee]--There is the life for a man with my
likes; there is the life for me forever.

While bed is
mentioned and bed does associate with rest and wanting rest, it is countered by the
activity of the lave (flowing water), the byway (open road to walk), and breakfasting
with flowing water. The last lines declare that the life described is the life the
speaker wants. But what life is described? Rest is alluded to once. Activity is alluded
to three times. Activity overpowers rest: therefore the life described that he wants is
the active life with rest only at night under a star-studded ceiling. Therefore, the
poet really seeks activity in the poem "The Vagabond."

The threads of thee story are related in a circular fashion. What effect does this impose on Ikemefuma?Ezinma?

The circular nature of the themes in this story is common
in literature. It is an example of “the sins of the father” being visited upon the son.
Okonkwo is so determined not to be like his own father, considered
weak and worthless by the Ibo tribe, that he lets this goal cloud his reasoning. He
becomes a controlling, angry and irrational man. He makes decisions based on his
obsessive desire not to appear weak. These decisions are often compulsive and irrational
and have long-range negative consequences for him. He commits three murders in the novel
(Ikemefuna, Ezeudu’s son, and a government official ). He also beats his wives and
shoots at them when they fail to prepare his dinner. These actions cause things in his
life to “fall apart.” Okonkwo’s father was considered weak and unable to support his
family, but beloved and easy-going. In trying not to be like him, Okonkwo goes too far
the other way, in one of the novels’ great
ironies.

Ikemefuna is sent to live with Okonkwo’s tribe as
a peace offering for the killing of an Ibo girl. He lives with Okonkwo for three years
and Okonkwo comes to love him and appreciate him more than his own son, Nwoye because
Ikemefuna has qualities and talents that Okonkwo admires, qualities lacking in his own
son. The Ibo tribe later kills Ikemefuna because the Oracle of the Hills and the Caves
have told them to do so. Okonkwo, however, is warned by a tribal elder, Ezeudu, not to
take part in the killing as it would have dire consequences for him. While they are
walking in the woods, however, Okonkwo does participate in the killing of Ikemefuna
because he does not want to appear weak in front of the other men. As predicted,
Ikemefuna’s death and Okonkwo’s bad decision to participate in it cause things to “fall
apart” in Okonkwo’s life. Ikemefuna and Nwoye had become good friends, brothers in
spirit if not blood, and the sensitive Nwoye becomes alienated from his father over
Ikemefuna's death. To use a cliche, “what goes around, comes around” (regarding the
circular events in the story). Nwoye later leaves the tribe and becomes a Christian,
rejecting the beliefs of a father he perceives as harsh and
unloving.

Okonkwo favors his daughter Ezinma, who is his
wife Ekwefi’s only child. Ekwefi has lost many other children. Ezinma is not only
beautiful, but she is the only one of Okonkwo’s children that is totally like him. They
have a very close relationship and Ezinma is allowed to do things that the other
children are not. This is unusual because she is a girl, yet Okonkwo treats her as if
she were a son. Because of his favored treatment of Ezinma, however, Okonkwo’s other
children are alienated from him, including Nwoye. Once again, Okonkwo’s decisions return
in circular fashion to haunt him because Nwoye leaves the tribe to join those that are
aligned against Okonkwo.

I need Quotes on Brinker and Leper that show characteristics of their personality? Hopefully 10 of each, and what each quote shows about their...

In John Knowles's A Separate Peace,
Brinker is the "big man on
campus":

Brinker looked the standard preparatory school
article his gray gabardine suit with square, handsewn-looking jacket pockets, a
conservative necktie, and dark brown cordovan shoes.  His face was all straight
lines--eyebrows, mouth, nose, everything--and he carried his six feet of height straight
as well.  He looked but happened not to be athletic, being too busy with politics,
arrangements, and offices.

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There was nothing idiosyncratic about Brinker
unless you saw him from behind; I did as he turned to close the door after him.  The
flaps of his big gabardine jacket parted slightly over his healthy rump, and it is that,
without any sense of derision at all, that I recall as Brinker's salient characteristic,
those healthy, determined, not over-exaggerated but defined and substantial buttocks. 
[The implication here cannot be missed as Brinker than takes Gene to the Butt Room in
Chapter 7.]

Brinker treats
Gene like a prisoner when he takes him to the Butt
Room:

"Here's
your prisoner, gentlemen," announced Brinker, seizing my neck and pushing me..."I'm
turning him over to the proper
authorities."

In Chapters 7
and 11, the reader will find more passages in which Brinker is described with vocabulary
evocative of legality and court rooms.  For instance, he raising "an arresting hand,"
and he "qualified judiciously" a statement.  He acts as though he is a prosecutor, even
shouting "Liar!" at Gene, accusing him of "Trying to weasel out of it with a false
confession."  Later, he ridicules Leper for wanting to photograph a beaver dam. 
Certainly, he is sarcastic, as he leers also at
Quakenbush:

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"Everybody in this place is either a
draft-dodging kraut or a...a..."  the scornful force of his tone turned the word into a
curse, "a
nat-u-ral-ist!"

With
the old man who supervises the boys as they work to free the freight car immobilized in
the snow, the bossy Brinker acts as though he is the supervisor, asking the man if the
trains should not be called "unrolling
stock."

Leper, on the other
hand, is more genuine, although also more vulnerable and weaker.  Gene describes him
as

the person
who was most often and most emphatically taken by surprise, by this [the war and
the first snow of winter] and every other shift in our life at
Devon.

One day in the winter,
also in Chapter 7, Gene remarks that Leper looks like "a burlesque explorer" as he is
dressed for skiing, but not the fast downhill that others prefer.  Leper says, "I just
like to go along and see what I'm passing and enjoy myself."   Leper has to fight to
defend his way of thinking.  

As one of his "vagaries,"
Leper is the first to join the army, "satisbying one of his urges to participate in
nature."  Leper is wooed by the united States ski troops' film shown at school; Leper
explains that the war is the test to see "who've been evolving the right way
[to]survive."

Later, Gene learns that Leper has "escaped." 
When Gene goes to his house, he notices Leper's
appearance:

he
looked at me, and I noticed the sleft side of his upper lip lift once or twice as though
he was about to snarl or cry. Then I realized that this had nothing to do with his mood,
that it was involuntary....I saw tears trembling in his
eyes.

 Although he is broken
and filled with terror, Leper has the temerity to challenge Gene, who later admits that
Leper is "closer to the truth."

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"You always were a lord of the manor, weren't
you?  A swell guy, except when the chips were down.  You always were a savage
underneath." 

What does Pygmalion mean?

Pygmalion was a king from Cyprus. Disappointed because
he could not find a woman as he wanted, he has decided not to  marry again. He also
decided to carve in ivory the feminine ideal. The statue that he has carved was so
beautiful, so perfect, that Pygmalion fallen in love with it and named
it Galatea.

Pygmalion starts to pray to Aphrodite, the
goddess of love, to bring him someone as wonderful as the statue. The prayers and the
passion with which Pygmalion fallen in love with Galatea impress the goddess,
who animates the statue.

Pygmalion myth
succeeds to illustrate the process of idealization of the object. Pygmalion myth
also illustrates the role of idealization in the psychic life of the
individual.

Pygmalion effect means someone's labeling. The
tagged person assimilates the label. Association reaction occurs when we learn new
things. We try to associate the new information with something already
known.

With reference to section 1 and 6, how is Lennie presented in Of Mice And Men?Refer to the themes, events, actions, and language.

In these sections, Lennie is presented as
dumb. I do not say this to criticize him, but in both
sections his behaviors are linked to animals. For example,
in section 1, Lennie is compared to a bear. As he reaches his hand down to the water,
Steinbeck describes his "bear paw". In section 6, Lennie imagines the great big rabbit
that is talking to him. Both intances of the use of animals suggest two principles to
me. First, I believe this demonstrates Lennie has arrived at the most basic,
simple place in life: he deals with needs particularly for survival. Second, this
illustrates the affinity he had for comfort. He longed for soft things. When he couldn't
physically reach them, his mind and manner naturally gravitated toward them. Thus, I
would say you could call Lennie primitive because that word is used
to describe both the features of dumb and
animal-like.

Lennie is also presented as
child-like. Children like animals (just as we discussed his
desire for them). Children also long for boundaries. In section 1, George established
boundaries and rules. In section 6, both Lennie and George followed-through with the
consequences of the boundaries set. Lennie needs George as a father-figure to make
decisions for him. This occured in the first section as the two of them crafted their
plan to "live off the fatta' the lan'" and in the last section as George made a most
difficult decision to spare Lennie from pain.

What is the difference between good cholesterol and bad cholesterol?

Cholesterol is a fatty substance present in all animal
tissues. It belongs to a class of chemicals which are a type of lipid. In humans
cholesterol makes up an important part of membrane of each cell in the body. Cholesterol
is also essential in making of bile acid produced by the liver, and in making of certain
hormones.

In addition, the liver uses cholesterol to make
bile acids, which aid digestion.  The body also uses cholesterol in the production of
certain hormones.  Hormones are chemical substances that influence many body
activities.

Cholesterol is carried in the bloodstream in
large molecules called lipoproteins. There are two such types of lipoproteins called
low-density lipoprotein (LDL) and high-density lipoprotein (HDL). Accordingly, the
cholesterol in blood can be identifies a either LDL-cholesterol or HDL-cholesterol. High
level of LDL-cholesterol is primarily responsible for forming deposits of cholesterol in
arteries, that is a major cause of heart attacks. For this reason LDL-cholesterol is
labeled by some as bad cholesterol. In contrast, HDL cholesterol is called good
cholesterol.

Explain if you think society should have the right to tell you how to behave on your own time?

I think that society should not have the right to tell you
how to behave on your own time, in your own home, as long as what you are doing does not
harm other people.  This, however, is a very hard line to
draw.

For example, let us look at the issue of adultery. 
Should society ban adultery and punish that crime?  You can say no one is hurt.  But
your spouse will be hurt by your adultery.  And your kids might be hurt by it if the
adultery results in a divorce.  If your kids are hurt by it, society may eventually be
hurt by your private actions if your kids grow up out of control because of the impact
of the divorce.

You can say the same thing about homosexual
behavior.  Some people would say this is completely private.  But others would argue
that this behavior hurts society by eroding the idea that heterosexual relationships are
the norm and the basis of society.

So I would say that
private behavior should not be regulated, but I have to admit it is hard to know for
sure when private behavior affects other people enough to warrant government
intervention.

How does Marlow change his tone in his poems such as 'Hero and Leander'?The question is about his use of heroic couplet. I wanted to know how he...

Hero and Leander is a poem – an
epyllion, that is, a short epic poem – which Marlowe composed based
on work by the sixth-century poet href="http://www.gradesaver.com/character.html?character=18641">Musaeus.
The story, of course, is much older, based on various versions of a Greek myth. The
narrative itself is one of iconic separated lovers, a tale full of Roman mythological
references which would have been clear and meaningful to most of Marlowe's readers. This
poem was written in the last year of Marlowe's life, 1593. It was a plague year, and the
London theatres all were closed. Therefore Marlowe could not write for the stage, and
poetry was his creative outlet. For a poem written in such a dark time, and about such a
tragic subject (although the lovers' end is actually not shown to us by Marlowe),
Marlowe's tone is surprisingly light, and the lines are full of a love of humanity and a
wonder at the beauty of the world. Particularly the descriptions of Leander and Hero,
and the vivid picture of the underwater kingdom of Neptune, are vivid and compelling.
The poem has been termed "mock-epic" because it is so full of humor. Hopkins calls it
"one of the most deliciously comic poems of Elizabethan
literature"

Marlowe's poem is thought to be unfinished,
because the story of Musaeus goes on to tell of the lovers' tragic demise. It is
possible that Marlowe meant to continue the story (for he introduces characters who are
not mentioned again – such as the "dwarfish beldame" (line 351) and Leander's father),
but, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, it is just as likely that Marlowe meant
never to continue this poem any further. Since the poem's tone is so light and full of
humor, it is hard to imagine the subject matter changing so drastically from the joy of
young lovers to their deaths. However, Marlowe had already proved that he was capable of
writing compellingly about the full range of emotions, so he could have intended to
finish the story. The poem as it stands, however, can be judged as a complete work of
art. George Chapman divided Marlowe's lines, later, in to two sestiads, and composed an
additional four to finish the story. Those lines, however, are Chapman's, and differ
greatly from Marlowe's original work. They are not considered
here.

The insistence of Leander's feminine beauty, not once
but twice in this poem, is seen by some critics as evidence of Marlowe's homosexuality.
It may well be, but this convention of the allure young men have for other men is
evident in the original story, not invented Marlowe. The classical world was much more
accustomed to references to homosexuality than the Elizabethan Christian world of
Marlowe. He delights in it, however, lingering lovingly on descriptions of Leander (a
full forty lines on Leander's description alone, compared with forty-five on Hero,
though her description is as much about her dress as her person) and his attractiveness.
The importance placed on Leander's attractiveness, however, is more than is usual in
poems of this type. It is easy to see how Marlowe may have been putting some of his own
feelings into the poem.

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Find the quadratic whose graph is passing through the points (-1,3), (0,-1), (2,4)

We'll write the general form of the
quadratic:

ax^2 + bx + c =
y

If the graph passes through the given points, that means
that the coordinates of the points verify the equation of the
quadratic.

The point A(-1,3) belongs to the graph if and
only if

yA = axA^2 + bxA +
c

We'll substitute the coordinates of the point A into the
equation:

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

a - b + c = 3 (1)

The point
B(0,-1) belongs to the graph if and only if

yB = axB^2 +
bxB + c

We'll substitute the coordinates of the
point B into the equation:

c =-
1

The point C(2,4) belongs to the graph if
and only if

yA = axC^2 + bxC +
c

We'll substitute the coordinates of the point C into the
equation:

4 = 4a + 2b -
1

We'll add 1 boh sides:

4a +
2b = 5 (2)

We'll substitute the value of c in
(1):

a - b -1 = 3 (1)

We'll
add 1 both sides:

a - b = 4
(3)

We'll multiply (3) by
2:

2a - 2b = 8 (4)

We'll add
(4)+(2):

4a + 2b + 2a - 2b =
5+8

6a = 13

We'll divide by
6:

a =
13/6

We'll substitute a in
(3):

13/6 - b = 4

We'll
subtract 13/6 both sides:

-b = 4 -
13/6

-b = 11/6

b
= -11/6

The quadratic
is:

f(x) = (13/6)*x^2 - (11/6)*x -
1

Do you think Banquo's "cursed thoughts" are Banquo's own ambitions, his fears about how Macbeth will act on his prophecy, or both? Explain.

I think that Banquo is referring to both his own ambitions
and his fears about Macbeth when he speaks of his "cursed thoughts."  At the beginning
of Act 3, Banquo thinks about the witches' prophecy having come true for Macbeth, and he
wonders whether or not it will come true for him as well, and if so, when?  Yet, at the
same time he also thinks that Macbeth has done evil things to ensure that the prophecy
would come true for him.  Banquo is tormented by these conflicting thoughts because he
feels that gathering up his hopes is unfair, especially if it will lead to evil deeds. 
He banishes these thoughts from his mind as the other characters enter the
scene.

In Act II of Hamlet, who sets traps, who are the traps for, why are the traps being set?In Act 2 there are at least four attempts by characters to...

In Scene one, Polonius sets a trap to attempt to discover
what Laertes is up to -- is he falling by the wayside by gambling and visiting
brothels?  He counsels Reynaldo to act as a sort of spy, asking misleading things of
those around Laertes to try to get the truth by way of
deception.

In Scene two, Claudius has sent for Rosencrantz
and Guildenstern, friends of Hamlet's, to come to court in Denmark to serve in a similar
scheme to the one set up by Polonius in Scene one.  They are to hang out with Hamlet and
try to uncover why he is suddenly behaving so crazily.  Claudius intends to trap Hamlet
into confessing the motive for his behaviour.

Also in Scene
two, Polonius schemes with Claudius and Gertrude.  He
says:

You
know sometimes [Hamlet] walks four hours together

Here in
the lobby....

At such time I'll loose my daughter to
him.

Be you and I behind an arras
then,

Mark the encounter.  If he love her
not,

And be not from his reason fall'n
thereon,

Let me be no assistant for a
state.

The final trap is  the
one that Hamlet sets to "catch the conscience of the
King."

He says:

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I'll have these
players

Play something like the murder of my
father

Before mine uncle.  I'll observe his
looks;

...If a do blench,

I
know my course.

And so, in
Act Two, are many traps set in place to discover information by covert
means.

Whate is the meaning of "the divine quality of mercy"?it is a theme in merchant of venice there's a quote act 4 scene 1 line 179

This line is spoken by Portia when she has just told
Shylock that he must be merciful towards Antonio with regard to his debt. She gives a
long speech about the quality of mercy and how it blesses "him that gives and him that
takes." Mercy is a quality associated with God, that is why it is referred to as a
"divine" quality. Portia is saying that Shylock should be merciful, as God is
merciful.

Portia is referencing the Bible in this speech,
where the Bible teaches that God is merciful to sinners in his grace, because man does
not deserve to be forgiven, but God forgives man anyway. Portia is calling upon Shylock
to exhibit "divine" mercy to Antonio. There is irony in this speech because Shylock is a
Jew and the characters in the play do not believe him capable of exhibiting Christian
values.

In "The Story of an Hour," the author uses some figures of speech such as metaphor, simile, paradox, etc. What are their effects?

The purpose of the text is largely to direct us to the
irony of the dénouement of the story where Louise Mallard is struck down by "the joy
that kills" – a joy which is interpreted by the remaining characters in the story as
relief in finding her husband is alive. The reader, however, sees that she is killed by
shock or grief at the realization that the belief she is "free, free, free!" after the
death of her husband is revealed to be untrue.

 Chopin uses
other techniques through the story to direct us to this conclusion. We are told that the
news of her husband’s death is met with "a storm of grief" which does, as with all
storms, pass.

We are greeted with the paradox of Louise
grieving alone in her room with the scenes of "new spring life" beyond her window. We
see that the use of pathetic fallacy here indicates her inner feelings as she
distinguishes between the feelings she should have after the death of her husband, and
the emotions she actually has as she considers her position as a
widow.

How is English and Scottish history relevant to the character of Macbeth and King James and how did Shakespeare alter the characters for the...

According to the source sited below as well as the
tourguides in Inverness, Scotland (who might be a "wee bit" biased), Joe Cochoit has
researched the Eatons, the Stuarts, and the FizAlons and determined that Banquo and
Fleance are fictitious characters.  And, the historical accuracy of
Macbeth is altered since Shakespeare took his story from Raphael
Holinshed's Chronicles, a work that Shakespeare knew to be
fictionalized.  He altered it further to clear Banquo, King James's legendary ancestor,
of complicity in the murder since, after all, his play was performed before Queen
Elizabeth. 

In Holinshed's work, Malcolm tests Macduff in
the same fashion that Shakespeare has him do so. In his discussion of the murder of King
Duff by Donwald in the century before Macbeth, Donwald was nagged by his wife until he
performed the evil deed, and drugged the guards, but Shakespeare adapted these actions
for Macbeth.  

Holinshed's section on
Macbeth was purportedly taken from the work of Hecto Boece.  In this work, Malcolm II
was murdered at Glamis in 1034 by his fellow warlords, perhaps including his grandson
Duncan.  Then Duncan seized the throne by killing his rivals.  Macbeth allied with
Thorfinn of Orney, a Norseman, and defeated and killed Duncan I in a battle in Elgin in
August 1040.  Thornfinn ruled northern Scotland, and Macbeth ruled southern Scotland. 
According to accounts, Macbeth was a good king, strict but fair, for the first decade of
his reign.  Macbeth reigned until he was killed by Duncan's son Malcolm.  After
Macbeth's death, Lulach claimed the throne with supporters' help.  But he was
subsequently ambused and killed a few months later by Malcolm.  An aggressive and
successful warrior who invaded England several times, Malcolm married Margaret, a
princess of the Old English royal family.  The story goes that he was
eventually murdered by a treacherous soldier.

Though Bottom often steals the show in performance, Puck is usually considered the most important character in A Midsummer Night’s...

If you are considering a Comedy structurally, then neither
Puck nor Bottom is the protagonist.  Both are characters whose actions (Puck) contribute
to the complications of the main plot or whose actions (Bottom) comprise a subplot that
comments on the characters/events of the main plot.  Since neither's actions are
actually the driving force of the main plot, neither can be considered the protagonist. 
So, who then, is the protagonist?

Classically, a comedy
must end in at least one marriage, and it is the central character(s), the
protagonist(s) who go(es) through the main trials and tribulations of the play, only to
have all ironed smoothly out for the "happy" ending in
marriage.

One such charcter is Hermia.  She begins the play
in a dilemma (similar to a dilemma Juliet faces in Romeo and
Juliet).  She wants to marry for love to Lysander, but her father wants her
to marry Demetrius.  She is given an order to marry Demetrius or else suffer the
consequences -- be killed (!!) or join a nunnery.  She decides to flee to the forest
with Lysander.

There is also a case to be made for Helena
as a protagonist, since she is in love with Demetrius at the beginning of the play, and
creates a plan to alert him to Lysander and Hermia's scheme and  then follow him, hoping
to win back his love.

A great deal of the mischief and
mix-up in the play revolves around the young lovers' story lines.  As a group, they
could be considered the protagonists, or you could make a case, as I have done above,
for one of them.  And, as is traditional in Shakespeare's comedies, there is a subplot
invoving low-born characters, the clowns, who are in the play to entertain the audience
in the very ways you describe.  They are often the ones who "steal the show."  But this
does not make them the protagonists of the story.

To whom is the "secret life" referring? In other words, what are the secrets and to which characters do they relate?

Just as the bees live a secret life inside the hive, a
life that people on the outside cannot see, many of the characters in "Secret Life of
Bees" live their own secret lives. When Lily first meets the Boatwright sisters, she is
surprised that they are intelligent and cultured, because they are black. She
says,

“T. Ray
did not think colored women were smart. Since I want to tell the whole truth, which
means the worst parts, I thought they could be smart, but not as smart as me, me being
white. Lying on the cot in the honey house, though, all I could think was
August is so intelligent, so cultured, and I was surprised by this.
That’s what let me know I had some prejudice buried inside me” (pg
78).

She is prejudiced
against them, even though she tries not to be. Once she can see into their lives by
being a part of it, she realizes the complexities of who they are. Lily, as the
protagonist, has many secrets. She hides the reason she has come to the Boatwright's
house, not telling August about her mother. Lily is lost through most of the novel, and
is searching for answers to  secrets about her mother and what happened to her in the
months before she died and leading up to her death. It is a personal quest for Lily, to
come to terms with her mother's death and accept that there are those who love her. She
keeps secrets -- secrets of her past, of her thoughts, and of her feelings -- from
everyone, but until she can talk about these things, and bring them out in the open, she
is unable to grow and learn the truth.

What has Gene learned about hatred, jealousy, friendship and war?

Gene experienced each of these four things; what or how
much he learned will be up to you to decide.

Hatred -
Hatred is a form of jealousy, which is dealt with below.  The only hatred Gene had was
short-lived, but it had lasting ramifications each time it appeared.  In the moment when
he felt hatred for Finny's trying to subvert his academics, he jounced the limb.  When
he felt hatred for Leper's accusations that Gene hurt Finny intentionally (which of
course he did), Gene got physical with him.  Finally, when Gene is faced with the truth
of his actions in front of Finny in Brinker's mock trial, more hatred was shown, but
here the damage happens to Finny.  Gene learned hatred is a costly
emotion.

Jealousy - Gene was always a little jealous of
Finny's natural athletic and social abilities.  At one point, when that jealousy flared,
Gene committed an impulsive, cruel action which did irreparable harm to Finny.  He
regretted it soon after, and he learnedthat Finny was a genuine friend.  Gene learned
that jealousy, when acted upon, can be
deadly--literally.

Friendship - This is the major conflict
in this novel.  Gene at some point believedthe rather happy-go-lucky Finny was trying to
sabotage Gene's educational pursuits in order to make himself look or feel better.  He
was so sure, for that short time, that this was Finny's plan that he jounced the limb
and effectively ended Finny's life.  When Gene realized Finny was, indeed, a true and
faithful friend, it was too late.  Gene learned the value of a true friend and the
dangers of jumping to conclusions and placing his own motives onto
others.

War - The war was a steady drumbeat in the
background of this entire story.  It is real and Gene and his classmates all know
it--even Finny, who appears to be in denial--and spend their time preparing for it. 
When Leper enlists, The boys all get a jolt of reality; but when Gene visits the AWOL
Leper at his home, Gene sees first-hand the potential damaging effects of war.  Toward
the end of the story, he and Brinker plan to just enlist and get it all over with. 
Instead, Finny returns and those plans are dropped.  At the end of the year, when
Brinker's dad tried to convince the boys that "doing their duty" was a great and noble
thing, both boys believed it was neither great nor noble to serve.  Gene spent a year in
the service, but he never saw battle.  War was one of the growing up events of this
novel, and it's part of Gene's disillusionment.

How and why does Steinbeck change the mood of the opening scene in Of Mice and Men?

John Steinbeck's use of dreams, the unconscious,
reccurring myths, and symbolic characters are characteristic of what Carl Jung, the
founder of analytical psychology, called the "visionary" style.  Steinbeck himself once
noted that realism is the surface form for his interest in psychology and philosophy. 
His opening scene in Of Mice and Men illustrates just this realism
that suggests dreams, the unconscious, the evolutionary and the
visionary.

Fed by the Salinas River, the Salinas Valley is
lush and fecund, and is known as "The Salad Bowl" of the world because of its lettuce
and many vegetables. Yet, located in the central Salinas Valley is the town of Soledad,
which means solitude or loneliness. These contrasting settings
suggest Steinbeck's call of a lost Eden to the alienated itinerant workers who enter the
scene.  There seems, too, an almost evolutionary stage to Lennie, who is described in
animalistic terms.  For instance, after dragging his feet "as a bear drags his paws,"
when he comes to the river, Lennie places his face in the water and "dabbled his big paw
in the water."  In contrast to Lennie, George stares morosely at the water, and, perhaps
sensing the conflicts to come as he and Lennie will again experience a change in their
lives, George complains of having to have Lennie
around:

"I
could get around so easy and so nice if I didn't have you on my
tail." 

Right before the "day
was going fast now," with a little wind that dies down, George discovers a dead mouse in
Lennie's pocket and throws it across the pool into some brush.  But, his anger fades as
he realizes that Lennie does not understand and he remembers his obligation to Lennie. 
Then, acquiescing to the myth, George recites the dream of owning a ranch with rabbits,
like the rabbits that have taken cover from the men.

In
this visionary opening scene, very craftily Steinbeck has suggested the events of his
entire narrative.  The lost Eden, the lost dream; Soledad not far away, the men's
loneliness; the dead mouse, the dead woman; the rabbits running for cover, the flight of
Lennie; "the day going fast," the end of their short employment and their friendship. 
Because all these events are foreshadowed, the opening scene is one of changing moods
from peaceful hiatus to conflict and to dream, then to
nightfall.

solve the equation: x^2 = 3x+40

We'll subtract 3x + 40 both
sides:

x^2 - 3x-40 = 0

We'll
apply quadratic formula:

x1 =
[-b+sqrt(b^2-4ac)]/2a

x2 =
[-b-sqrt(b^2-4ac)]/2a

We'll identify
a,b,c:

a=1

b=-3

c=-40

We'll
calculate delta:

delta =
b^2-4ac

delta = 9+160

delta =
169

Since delta is positive, we'll have 2 distinct real
roots of the equation x^2 - 3x-40 =
0.

x1=[3+sqrt(9+160)]/2

x1 =
(3+13)/2

x1 = 8

x2
=  -5

The real roots are: {-5 ;
8}.

In The Adventure of the Speckled Band, in what way is Dr. Roylott as clever as Sherlock? When does he break down?for a detective story to be...

Dr. Roylott is a worthy adversary to Holmes. To begin
with, Roylott is smart enough to track his stepdaughter, Helen, to Holmes' flat, so this
shows that he has the powers of deduction that Holmes himself is so famous for having.
Helen says, "He is so cunning that I never know when I am safe from him" when she learns
he has followed her to Holmes' flat.

The way that Roylott
has arranged the pull chord over the bed in which he wants Helen to sleep is clever, but
not clever enough because Holmes recognizes right away that there is a bell pull chord
but no bell. The fact that Roylott has been able to train a snake to do what it does,
however, is brilliant. The snake also is trained to come when Roylott whistles, so that,
too, is pretty brilliant and must have taken a long time to accomplish. This shows that
Roylott is not only evil and devious, but dangerously patient. Other examples of his
cleverness: he clamps Helen's bed to the floor so she cannot move it away from the vent,
from which the snake must enter the room; Dr. Roylott chose a type of snake whose poison
could not be identified.

In Elizabeth Bishop's poem "The Fish," is the expression "everything was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow!" abstract or concrete?

"The Fish" is a poem overflowing with imagery.  This
particular line, of course, comes right at the end of the poem, right before the fish is
released.  I tend to think the line "everything was rainbow, rainbow, rainbow!" has to
be abstract.

To read it as a concrete image is to imply
that all the narrator saw was rainbow on the fish or in the sky (for which there is no
evidence).  We know there is an actual reflected rainbow in the oil sitting in the
bottom of the boat a few lines before this one; it seems unlikely the line refers either
to that or the suddenly overpowering striping of the rainbow trout (which is, in
reality, less a rainbow than just a red strip of color).

To
read it as a figurative image implies all the symbolism and meaning traditionally
attributed to a rainbow: beauty, hope, dreams, promise.  These seem much more likely to
be the view of a narrator who appreciates the character and perseverence of a fish that
his battled its way through life and the intention of release than the more literal
rainbow stripes. 

The title tells us this is not just
any fish ("The Fish"), and the opening
lines tell us:

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I caught a tremendous fish
and held him
beside the boat
half out of water, with my hook
fast in a corner of
his mouth.

Our narrator was
not initially struck with its colorfulness; in fact, the description is of "brown skin
hung in strips like ancient wallpaper."  There is no literal rainbow to be seen on this
battered and scarred yet beautiful fish--

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--until everything
was

rainbow, rainbow,
rainbow!

And I let the fish
go.

The rainbow seems so
symbolic of the respect our narrator has for this creature (which shows itself in this
new perspective on a battered, ugly fish) as well as the hope for the fish's
future.

How does being left-brained or right-brained affect our lives and habits?If you have any reliable source please post it with your reply. Thank you.

There are many theories that suggest that if we primarily
use the left side of our brains more than the right side we will have certain qualities
and vice versa. Some studies suggest that people who utilize the left side of their
brains are generally more logical, rational, analytical, and objective. It states that
people who utilize the right side of their brains are generally more subjective,
holistic, and intuitive. It is also thought that some people may actually use both sides
of their brain equally and may possess a broad range of talents and
strengths.

I have attached a link below that discusses this
theory.

Two girls go on a road trip . They travel x + 5 km on the first day.They travel 2 km more than half of the distance they travel on the first day,...

The distance they drove on the first day: (x+5)
(1)

The distance they drove on the second day: 2 + (x+5)/2
(2)

The distance they drove on the third day: 3 [2 +
(x+5)/2] (3)

The total distance they
travelled:

(1)+(2)+(3) =
5000

We'll substitute
(1),(2),(3).

(x+5) + 2 + (x+5)/2 + 3 [2 + (x+5)/2] =
5000

We'll remove the
brackets:

(x + 5) + 2 + (x+5)/2 + 6 + 3(x+5)/2 =
5000

We'll combine like
terms:

(x + 5) + 8 + 4(x+5)/2 =
5000

(x + 5) + 8 + 2(x + 5) =
5000

3(x+5) = 5000-8

3(x+5) =
4992

We'll divide by 3:

x + 5
= 1664

We'll subtract 5 both
sides:

x = 1664 -
5

x = 1659
km

Verify:

The
distance they drove on the first day:

(x+5)=1659 + 5 =
1664

The distance they drove on the second
day:

2 + (x+5)/2 = 2+1664/2 = 2 + 832 =
834

The distance they drove on the third day: 3 [2 +
(x+5)/2]

3 [2 + (x+5)/2] = 3*834 =
2502

1664 + 834 + 2502 = 5000 Km

In Life of Pi how do Pi's religion and storytelling play a factor in his survival?

Both Pi's dependence on religion and his affection for
storytelling help him to survive because they provide an element of escapism for him. 
Pi went through a terribly traumatic experience, one that should have emotionally
scarred him beyond repair.  However, because he was able to introduce the entire
experience as a story in his mind--one that involved Richard Parker doing all of the
dirty work, and the animals being the ones that were inhumane--he was able to survive
it.  He was able to pretend that it was all just a grand story, instead of a horrifying
reality.  That helped him to cope emotionally, and go on to live a normal life.  It was
a defense mechanism for his psychological health.

Pi's
religion was helpful in the fact that it gave him something to cling on to during the
tough times on the lifeboat, and to add meaning to his life after the incident.  His
religions provided explanations and comfort regarding his family's death and where they
might be afterwards.  Pi's reliance on three different religions also set him up well
for the love of stories, and the use of them as a way to make sense of our world.  That
is exactly what he did with his lifeboat experience--created a reality that made the
experience bearable.  Pi had already been practiced at being faithful in those
religions, so it wasn't too far of a leap to be practiced at believing his own version
of the events.

I hope that those thoughts helped; good
luck!

Describe two examples of diffusion as it occurs in living organisms.Diffusion in living organisms.

Diffusion or passive transport occurs in living organisms
without any additional input of energy. The process simply occurs if the concentration
gradient is such that there is a concentration difference of a particular substance
outside and inside a cell membrane. The substance must have small enough molecules to
fit through the pores in the membrane.  For example, if there is a higher concentration
of glucose in the bloodstream,relative to the level inside the body cells, glucose
passes through the capillary walls and will diffuse into the cells, from high to low
concentration.  Another example would be osmosis, a special type of diffusion that
occurs when the substance water passes through a cell membrane. If a cell is surrounded
outside, by a high concentration of water relative to the inside of the cell,  as when
you water a plant, the water passes into the cell from high concentration outside, to
low concentration inside. Eventually, when an equilibrium is established on either side
of the membrane, diffusion will stop.

What does the incident with the bank notes in Chapter 10 of Great Expectations indicate about Joe?

In my opinion, the incident with the bank notes shows us
something about Joe's character.  Specifically, it shows us that Joe is a very honest
man.

When Joe gets home with Pip, he thinks that Pip has
been given a shilling.  But instead, he finds out that the shilling was wrapped in two
bank notes -- one pound each.  A pound was worth 20 shillings.  So if Joe was excited
about Pip getting a shilling, imagine how much two pounds was
worth.

But instead of keeping this windfall, Joe runs back
right away to try to give the money back.  When he finds out the mystery man is no
longer at the pub, he leaves a message for the guy in case he comes
back.

This shows me that Joe is very honest -- he does not
want to keep money if the man didn't mean for Pip to have it.

What is an "extended passage of dialogue?"

I am not aware of specific rules for writing an extended
passage of dialogue, but I expect it is the same as writing dialogue, except that there
is no narration included.

For example, when reading a book,
there is often dialogue mixed in with descriptions of setting, other characters, plot
development, etc.  I would expect that with an extended passage of dialogue, you would
simply write dialogue without interrupting the flow of speaking.  Open a novel and look
for examples.

A passage indicates a
section that is extended; it cannot be a short writing.  To this
end, the content of the passage should be well-developed with a
specific purpose in mind.

If you
haven't been given a prompt, I would imagine a situation that you feel compelled to
discuss put into dialogue would come more easily, or perhaps a conversation you wish you
could have with someone, but make sure the topic has substance, meaning.  Provide both
sides of the conversation, one speaker to another.  Make sure to use quotation marks at
the beginning of the passage, and after the end punctuation.  For example, "Sally sells
seashells at the seashore."  (The period goes
inside the end quotation mark.)

Avoid
filler: like running on with words without clear intention.  Your professor will see
through it immediately.  If you talk for extended periods of time on the phone or
participate in debates with friends, etc., use one of these conversations as a model:
writing from something important to you provides credibility to your
writing.

In terms of conversational tags (he said/she said
phrases), without specific instructions, I would avoid them.  (she said, he explained,
they pondered, etc.)

Make sure the passage has substance.
 Proofread for spelling, grammar and punctuation.  Choose one tense and stick to it: all
present or all past. No explanation/introduction of your passage should be needed if
your content is purposeful.

Good
luck!

Where is the irony in Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County"?

This hilarious story by Mark Twain is perhaps one of the
most famous literary examples of a tall tale, which can be defined as a humorous story
characterised by outrageous exaggeration and outlandish events. Given this definition,
and the nature of the tale, relating the story of Jim Smiley who apparently has a
god-given ability to bet correctly every time and how he receives his comeuppance, irony
plays a central role in the humour of this tale.

However,
central to what makes something funny or not is not the content, but the way in which
the story is told, and this is demonstrated in this short story through the tone that is
adopted. It is the tone that is used and how it stands in contrast to the events
narrated that makes the use of irony so successful. Wheeler, the narrator of the tale
within a tale, tells his story throughout with a calm and serious tone. Consider the
following passage where Wheeler tells about Smiley's
dog:

Smiley
always come out winner on that pup, till he harnessed a dog once that didn't have no
hind legs, because they'd been sawed off by a circular saw, and when the thing had gone
along far enough, and the money was all up, and he comes to make a snatch for his pet
holt, he saw in a minute how he'd been imposed on and how the other dog had him in the
door, so to speak, and he 'peared surprised, and then he looked sorter discouraged-like,
and didn't try no more to win the fight, and so he got shucked out
bad.

There is immense irony
employed in the description of the fight, but also this displays the tone of Wheeler and
how humour is created. This story demonstrates that the disparity between the serious,
calm tone employed and the absurdity of the tale is what makes this tale so ironically
funny.

What is the value of n if 8n=9n-5i am looking for an angle measurement

For the beginning, we'll isolate n to the left
side.

For this reason, we'll subtract 9n both
sides:

8n=9n-5

8n - 9n = 9n -
9n - 5

-n = 0 - 5

-n =
-5

We'll multiply by -1 both
sides;

n = 5

Furthermore, to
give a geometric meaning for n = 5, we'll consider a polygon that has the numbr of
sides, n = 5. This kind of polygon is a pentagon.

The
center angle of this pentagon is 360 degrees divided by
5.

the measure of center angle is: 360/5 = 72
degrees.

What causes atherosclerosis?

Atherosclerosis may be genetic but most often it is caused
by our diets and lifestyle. Deposits of cholesterol and triglycerides (lipids) buildup
and adhere to the intimal lining of blood vessels. When this occurs the lumen becomes
smaller and a decreased amount of blood is able to pass through the
vessels.

Atherosclerosis predisposes you to adverse
cardiovascular events like hypertension (high blood pressure), CVA (cerebrovascular
accident, stroke), and AMI (acute myocardial infarction, heart attack). Hyperlipidemia
and atherosclerosis is a major cause of sudden cardiac death. A problem with this
disease is that you do not feel sick and therefore do not seek out care. Regular routine
checkups are needed to assess your risk factors.

People are
urged to get their lipid levels checked on a regular basis, stop or cut back on
smoking,  exercise regularly, and limit their intake of fats.

What aspects of the novel can be perceived as it evolved into a major literary form?

A novel must involve a story that includes characters,
themes and conflicts.  There is a always a plot that follows a main character (or
characters) through events that require the character(s) to learn something and change
or, conversely, not change and endure the consequences.

For
me, one of the most distinguishing features of a novel is the author's use of voice. 
How is the story narrated?  A novel must always be a story told by some narrative
voice.  Even in the third person -- an omniscient, objective voice -- there is still a
perspective on the action.

When the voice is first person,
the narrator is also the main character, and this provides one of the unique
storytelling perspectives and author can take.  Think of Huckleberry
Finn or David Copperfield or Catcher In the
Rye.  Distinct voices telling stories in first-person narrative really give a
novel a powerful point of view in telling a story, and serve as an important aspect of
the novel as a major literary form.

Who was the antagonist?

"The Destructors," by Graham Greene, could have three
antagonists, depending how you look at the story.  At first, it seems that T is the
antagonist.  Blackie is presented as the true leader of the group, concerned about
keeping the gang together.  But T usurps Blackie's power with his plot to destroy the
Thomas house.  The struggle for leadership between T and Blackie serves as one of the
major conflicts in the short story.  Here we see the conflict between a more benevolent
and somewhat harmless leader and a ruthless, more dangerous
one. 

Mr. Thomas could be considered to be the antagonist
to the gang of boys.  They must complete their mission to destroy his house before he
comes back to stop them.  When he arrives early, the boys must use their wits to detain
him in the loo.  T is a master of manipulation here.

But
most likely the true antagonist is the setting itself.  It is post-war England.  The
children have been stripped of their innocence, their childhood.  They live in bleak,
war-torn surroundings, where beautiful objects of the past have been destroyed.  Their
parents are non-entities in the story, and the children are left to their own devices. 
They mimic the actions of their predecessors, choosing to destroy rather than create. 
Greene shows us how closely related the two processes are.  It takes just as much
discipline, teamwork, creativity, intelligence, and energy to destroy as it does to
create.  Mankind is often faced with this choice and often chooses as the gang the
does. 

Even the lorry driver at the end of the story is not
horrified by the destroyed house.  He only laughs.  He too is numb to and accepting of
destruction.

In Chapter 25-26 of Great Expectations, How does Walworth reflect Wemmick's personality?Where can I find proof?

Pip first visits Wemmick's house in Chapter 25.  Though
Pip sees Wemmick as a strict, all-business worker in Jaggers's office, Pip sees an
entirely different side of Wemmick when he visits Wemmick's house at
Walworth. 

When the two arrive at Wemmick's house, Pip
observes the house to be a "little wooden cottage in the midst of plots of garden, and
the top of it was cut out and painted like a battery mounted with
guns." 

Immediately, readers understand the pride Wemmick
has in his home; he says, "My own doing.  Looks pretty, don't it?"  and then proceeds to
tell Pip about his flagstaff, bridge, animals, and vegetable garden.  Next, Pip meets
Wemmick's "aged parent," who is also proud of the care Wemmick takes both of him and of
the home. 

When Pip questions Wemmick about Jaggers's
reaction to Wemmick's house, Wemmick says,

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Never heard of it.  Never seen the Aged.  Never
heard of him.  No, the office is one thing, and private life is another.  When I go into
the office, I leave the castle behind me, and when I come into the castle, I leave the
office behind me. If it's not in any way disagreeable to you, you'll ablige me by doing
the same.  I don't wish it professionally spoken
about.

Obviously, Pip
realizes that  Wemmick is not as one-dimensional as Pip had thought.  He is a caring man
who loves his home and loves his father, and does his job because it is simply that--a
job. 

What was Mrs. Wexler's treatment of Turtle in The Westing Game?

In general, I would say that Mrs. Wexler treats her
daughter Turtle very poorly.  Even though parents are supposed to love their kids
equally, Mrs. Wexler clearly does not love Turtle as much as she loves her older
daughter, Angela (or at least she doesn't treat her like she loves her as
much).

Mrs. Wexler always seems to value Angela more than
Turtle.  She is entranced with Angela because Angela is beautiful.  Turtle, on the other
hand, is more tomboyish and brainy.

Overall, then, Turtle
gets treated like second best because she is not as pretty and feminine as
Angela.

Define the psychological term "catharsis" and explain Joseph Breuer's theory of how it impacts individuals with a "troubled mind."

The psychological term
catharsis is associated with psychodynamic theory and is
described as the experience of intense emotional release.  In psychoanalysis, therapists
encourage patients to confront painful or traumatic past experiences in order to
psychologically heal from them.  They suggest that reprocessing and reexperiencing the
emotions and sensations related to the experience will result in an emotional release
that will reduce or eliminate related symptoms.  According to Joseph Breuer, tension and
anxiety that can lead to neurotic thinking and behavior is released when a person
experiences catharsis.  Individuals with a "troubled mind" experience unconscious
tension and anxiety that causes them to develop defense mechanisms to combat those
feelings.  These defense mechanisms are called neuroses and can lead to pathological
thinking and behavior.  Through cathartic therapy, the tension and anxiety can be
released and the neuroses can be reduced or even eliminated.

How is Heart of Darkness an epic journey into the underworld symbolized by the Congo?

The river symbolizes the journey that, in this novel,
mankind takes on his way to the dark side – to his heart of darkness. The Congo allows
Europeans to journey to the center of Africa without having to really enter the land.
The river runs through Africa, so the white man can journey on the river and still
remain outside of the real Africa. As Marlow travels up the Congo on his journey to find
Kurtz, he can observe things that are happening on the land without having to get
involved in them. He represents the Europeans who bring their culture to Africa and
stand by and watch as it destroys them. The horrors that Marlow observes when he finally
finds Kurtz are unspeakable. They represent the worst side of humanity, the evil that
exists within the human heart, the heart of darkness. This is why Kurtz screams out on
his death bed, “The horror! The horror!” Perhaps God lets him see for one brief moment,
all the severed heads of the people he tortured and killed, right before plunging Kurtz
into the ultimate darkness of hell.

The Congo also
represents Africa. The river does not want the Europeans in Africa, so it makes the
journey difficult going into the country, but easy going the other way. The water flows
quickly downstream taking the white man out of Africa, but slowly on the way into
Africa. When Marlow is going up the river to find Kurtz, he struggles not only with the
river, but with trying to figure out the challenges that lay before him. On the way out,
both things are easier.

What is special about valence electrons?

the valence electron(s) are the one(s) which an atom gains
or loses or shares during the chemical reaction.

An element
gains or loses electrons according to:1- being metal so it loses electrons (like the
sodium atom which has 1 electron in the outer shell , magnesium atom which has 2
electrons in the outer shell) 2- being non-metal so it gains electrons (like flourine
atom which has 7 electrons in the outer shell , nitrogen which has 5 electrons in the
outer shell) 3- being inert gas (but these type of atoms don't share in chemical
reactions under ordinary conditions)

Metals always tend to
lose their valency electron(s) and these electrons in the outer level (shell)  vary from
: 1 to 3 electrons so it's easier for the matals to lose them because gaining 5,6 or 7
electrons  will be harder .

Non-metals always tend to gain
or share electrons ,,,,, gain electrons in ionic bonds : NaCl where sodium loses an
electron and gives it to a chlorine atom so Cl puts in its  outer level. The
non-metals share electrons in covalent bonds which arises between 2 non-metals : like :
nitrogen + nitrogen= nitrogen molecule  where each nitrogen atom shares by 3 electrons
with the other nitrogen and they form one nitrogen molecule together
 ,,,,,

Why do elements share, lose or gain their valency
electrons? in order to be in a stabled state and each atom has 8 electrons in its outer
level and that's why the inert gases don't enter chemical reactions since they already
have outer levels completely filled with electrons.

Find the curve whose slope at the point (x, y) is 3x^2 if the curve has to pass through the point (1,-1)?

The slope of the curve at (x , y)
=3x^2.

Therefore the curve must be the premtive of dy/dx =
3x^2.

So the curve is y = Integral
(3x^2)dx

y = (3x^3)/4+ c, Or y = x^3+c ,where  c is a
constant. Since this curve passes through (1 , -1), the coordinates (1 , -1) should
satisfy y = x^3+c.

-1 =
1^3+c.

c = -1-1 = -2

Therfore
the required curve is y = x^3 -2.

How would you describe the story's atmosphere at the beginning? How does this atmosphere help to emphasize the ending?

The atmosphere (mood) of the story is one of calm
precision.  Miss Strangeworth lives in a neighborhood where she commands the attention
and respect of her neighbors.  Everything and everyone is in its place.  The shopkeeper
knows what she buys on a regular basis.  Mrs. Crane stops her and looks to her for
advice regarding her baby.  Even the teenagers at the post office show her
respect.

Miss Strangeworth is a woman of habit, following
the same daily routine.  Her house is beautiful. In her home and in her life, it seems
everything dare not defy her wishes, and she is appreciated as a good neighbor and
pillar of the community.

Shirley Jackson (the author) uses
this sense of calm orderliness to distract us.  We excuse the older woman's
eccentricities because she we expect it of someone her age, who so lives in the past.
 She seems to care for the town in a very personal way.

It
is not until we approach the end of the story that contradictions to what we believe
about this elderly woman start to surface.  Before we even have time to register what is
happening and the significance of these new details, the secret she harbors is out. We
are fascinated by the true evil in the story: not of others in the town, but in Miss
Strangeworth.  We are shocked by what we learn, and then stunned when
she learns of her mutilated roses.

The
unexpectedness of the ending works beautifully because Jackson gives us no hint, but
sets us up to be blindsided, and that is the beauty of Jackson's short stories.  At the
last minute, she pulls the rug out from under our feet—it's wonderfully
creepy!