Determine the equation of the line who's sum of it's intercepts on the axes is 20 and it passes through the point (1,2).

We'll write the intercept form of the equation of the
line:

x/a + y/b = 1,

where a
is x intercept and b is y intercept.

The sum of intercepts
on the axis is 20.

a+b = 20 => b = 20 -
a

We'll re-write the
equation:

x/a + y/(20 - a) =
1

We know that the line passes through the point
(1,2).

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

1/a + 2/(20-a) =
1

We'll calculate LCD:

(20-a)
+ 2a = a(20-a)

We'll remove the
brackets:

20 - a + 2a = 20a -
a^2

We'll move all terms to one
side:

20 + a - 20a + a^2 =
0

a^2 - 19a + 20 = 0

We'll
apply the quadratic formula:

a1 =
[19+sqrt(281)]/2

a2 =
[19-sqrt(281)]/2

We'll write the equations for both values
of a:

For a = [19+sqrt(281)]/2
=>

2x/[19+sqrt(281)] + 2y/[40 - 19 -sqrt(281)] =
1

2x/[19+sqrt(281)] + 2y/[21 -sqrt(281)] =
1

For [19-sqrt(281)]/2
=>  

2x/[19-sqrt(281)] + 2y/[40 - 19 +sqrt(281)] =
1

2x/[19-sqrt(281)] + 2y/[21+sqrt(281)] =
1

What three adjectives describe Holling Hoodhood in the book Wednesday Wars?

This is an interesting question, because, due to the
changes that the character of Holling Hoodhood goes through in the course of the
narrative, the adjectives that would best describe him change from the beginning to the
end of the book. In the opening chapters, Holling might be described as
passive, self-absorbed, and paranoid. By the end of the narrative,
however, his character has matured, and he might best be described as
caring, courageous, and perceptive.

In the
beginning of the book, Holling is mostly an observer, and the recipient of things that
happen to him. He is worried about being the only one left in class on Wednesdays, but
cannot do anything about it. He does bring his concerns home to his parents and sister,
but when they do not offer any constructive help, he once again is left helpless.
Holling is passive at this point, with no idea how to take
charge of things and take control of his life.

Holling also
shows himself to be self-absorbed and imaginative in his
reactions to Mrs. Baker. Holling has become convinced that Mrs. Baker is out to get him,
and interprets her every action as part of a ploy to do him in. In his complete
self-absorption, he imagines that Mrs. Baker is hatching fantastic plots to hasten his
demise, and never even considers that she is an individual in her own right, and that
some of her actions might be a reflection of challenges she herself is facing in her
life.

By the end of the story, Holling has changed
considerably. He is able to see things from the viewpoints of others, and has learned to
appreciate people as individuals, and to value the communion he shares with them.
Holling is caring, in that he is able to empathize with his sister in her search to find
herself, and puts himself out to help her when her cross-country venture goes awry. He
is perceptive, as shown when he is able to see the underlying meaning and value in his
friend Danny Hupfer's bar mitzvah, and is courageous, as he demonstrates by standing up
to his father when his father belittles Danny's ceremony as well as his, Holling's,
aspirations for his own life. Through his development during his seventh-grade year,
Holling has progressed from being passive, self-absorbed, and paranoid. He is now aware
of the needs of others, and knows the value of taking control of his own life,
courageously shouldering responsibility for his own destiny.

What led to Europe's Age of Exploration?

Any number of factors led to European Exploration, dating
back to the Crusades. The Crusades were the first exposure of Europeans to Eastern
products which were in high demand in Europe, primarily sugar. Additionally, Marco
Polo's book, A Map of the World contained glowing (if inaccurate)
descriptions of the wealth of Asia. An example:

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It should be understood that the sea in which
the Island of Zipangu [Japan] is situated is the sea of CHIN, and so extensive is this
eastern sea that according to experienced pilots and mariners, who should know, it
contains no fewer than 7,440 islands, mostly inhabited. It is said that every one of the
trees which grow in them gives off a fragrant odor. They produce many spices and drugs,
particularly aloes, and much pepper, both white and
black.

Additionally,
the rise of Nation States in Europe led to increased revenue for Monarchs who were able
to finance European voyages of discovery. Notable here was the marriage of Ferdinand and
Isabella which united Spain into a united country.

A final
factor was the fall of Constantinople to the Turks on November 27, 1453, Constantinople
had been the primary market for Asian goods; however after it was taken by by the Turks,
Europeans searched for ways to circumvent the Muslims.

What are some allusions from "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell and what does each allusion refer to (like an explanation of them)?

Good question!  By definition, an
allusion is a passing reference-- in a work of literature--
to a person, place, character, historical event, biblical passage, other work of
literature, work of art art, or piece of music that the author expects readers to
recognize and understand.  Authors include allusions in their works to help readers get
a better understanding of the situation that's being discussed or described in the
text. 

In "The Most Dangerous Game," Richard Connell makes
use of this literary device quite frequently. 

On the first
page of the story, Whitney says, "I hope the jaguar guns have come from Purdey's."  As
Purdey's is a famous manufacturer of shotguns and rifles, Connell includes it in the
story so readers familiar with the brand will understand that Whitney and Rainsford are
avid hunters. 

Further, General Zaroff labels Ivan as a
"Cossack," which is a term to describe a person from the southern part of Russia;
Cossacks were known for their impressive battle-skills.  Thus, Zaroff establishes Ivan
as a fierce hunter whom Rainsford should be afraid
of. 

Also, as Rainsford rushes around in the forest trying
to devise a plan to elude General Zaroff, Zaroff sits in his home, drinking and smoking
a cigarette, and humming a tune from Madame Butterfly--a famous
opera by Puccini.  Then, before bed, he reads "from the works of Marcus Aurelius"--a
Roman emperor. 

Connell makes these references to help
readers understand his story and the characters/situations in
it. 

Hope this
helps!

 

What is the best definition for educational psychology?what are the purpose, functions and importance of educational psychology?

Educational Psych is the science that studies patterns in
learning acquisition throughout human development in order to help predict and consider
the best developmentally-appropriate instructional methods that would help growing human
beings acquire information at the rate, pace, and volume that they need to get
it.

A person who studies Educational Psych as a major or
Masters in college will likely end up as a tester, that is, as a professional whose main
job is to determine the level of developmental appropriateness of a student who is
showing difficulty learning. It is quite cool and very quantitative. It is very
interesting, though.

However, Ed Psych is also rich and
valuable with qualitative data, because it shows whether the job of teachers is
effective in the learning process of specific students, or
not.

It is one of the most marvelous fields and I respect
it a lot.

What does "the deep blue cup of the sky" mean in the poem "Laugh and be Merry"?

In poetry, the language is loaded with imagery. A cup
holds things, as does the sky: clouds, rain, lightning, the sun etc. Deep blue would be
describing the shade of blue the sky is reflecting from Earth's waters. Morning tends to
be a pale blue while later in the day, the shade would deepen. Poets want their readers
to see through the writer's eyes; so, they appeal to visual images. At times, they may
use a sound imagery like onomatopoeia or alliteration, but this is not the case in the
particular line you quoted.

How do you describe the distribution in a data statistically? For example, describe the distribution of the variable "heights of students,"...

There are 3 of variables given: height, belly button
height and foot length.

We explain distribution in respect
of the variable height. You can apply the same idea to the other two variables. Here we
take the height of the students of a college . The characteristic height is varying from
student to student.By statistical distribution we mean showing the extent of variation
of the height by a diagram or a curve or a graph. The pattern by which the graph 
 look may be a bell shaped normal cuve, or a curve whose peak is shifted to left or
right or else a stright line etc to say a few types.

We
also try to understand the extentent of distribution of heights of students by certain
parameters like mean, median, range , standardard deviation or
variance.

Mean:

Let us take
the variable the heights of students. If  there are  n students in a college,  and their
heights are x1, x2, x3,......xn, then the mean height  x bar is goven
by:

x bar =  
(x1++x2+x3+x4+.....+xn)/n

Let xl  and xt be the lowest
tallest  among.

Range:

 the
heights, x1,x2,x3,...xn of the students. Then the range R of the varible  height  is
given by:

R = xt -
xl.

Median:

If the students
are arranged according to their heights, then the height of the middle student in the
order is the median. If there happens to be two middle students(in case of even number
of students) then the heights of those two students  are added and divided by two to get
the median height of the
students.

Variance:

The variance
 v is average of the sum of the squared deviations from the mean and is given
by:

v =  summation (xi- xbar)^2/ n , i = 1 to
n.

Standard deviation:

The
standard deviation  sigma or s is the square root of variance
.

s = sqrt { summation (xi-xbar)^2/n  , i = 1 to n.
}.

Hope this may help.

What is dramatic poetry? Discuss its various sub-genres with examples. answer the question in detail with examples please.

Dramatic poetry is drama, written in verse form,  that is
either sung or could be.

Sub-categories of dramatic poetry
include comedies and tragedies.  Ballads have been considered dramatic poetry as
well.

Although today, Shakespeare's plays are not really
considered dramatic poetry so much as they are considered dramas, most of his plays are
written in (or adhere closely to) iambic
pentameter.

Probably Sophocles is a more common name in
dramatic poetry.  Oeidpus and Antigone are two of his most famous plays that were
originally written with a very rigid structure and could have been considered dramatic
poetry.

Generally speaking, it is thought that dramatic
poetry originated with the very first dramas, as it was a way to write long lines that
were easily memorized.  Since then, the term "dramatic poetry" is rarely used, as we've
branched our literature into either "drama" or "poetry."  I think it goes without say
though, that most classic drama is written in verse form.

In The Chrysalids, what does the man from the Fringes mean by saying "life is change"?

This part of the novel comes in Chapter 14 when David,
Petra and Rosalind have been captured by the Fringes men and are being taken back to
their base. Whilst stopping, David has a highly revealing conversation with one of his
captors about the state of the world. The comment that you have highlighted conveys his
idea that creation is continually in a process of transformation, change and
development. Note what he says:

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God doesn't have any last word. If He did He'd be
dead. But He isn't dead; and He changes and grows, like everything else that's
alive.

According to this man,
the Tribulation was sent to remind the "Old People" of the fact that "life is change"
and that they weren't the final word. Of course, the fact that the novel is named
The Chrysalids points towards some kind of theme of transformation
in process, just as the caterpillar goes through a time in the chrysalis whilst
transforming into the butterfly. Clearly the novel presents us with the world and the
human species in a similar situation.

Are performance appraisals a step towards management by objectives?discuss with the help of example?

I believe the statement in the question is not quite
correct. The term performance appraisal generally applies to the appraisal of the
performance of a person by another person, generally the supervisor. This is done
primary for the purpose of taking decision such as increments, and promotions. These
increments and rewards play an important part in motivation of the employees appraised.
In contrast, management by objective is a system of motivation based on the every
employee being motivated by a set of objective set for the employee, rather than the
promise of any reward associated with actual performance against the
objectives.

Also when we examine the relationship between
the objectives and performance appraisal, the objectives should be set before
performance appraisal is undertaken. This permits more meaningful evaluation of
performance.

All that we can say in support of the
statement that "

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Performance appraisal is a step toward Management
by Objective (MBO).

is that
the concept of MBO has been developed as an improvement over the performance appraisal
system as a means for motivating employees. Here it should be noted that MBO is not just
about using objectives for self-motivation for employees. It is also a method of
developing objectives for individual members of the managers in an organization that
maximizes the achievement of total organizational objectives.

Why doesn't either son get married and settle down in the play, "Death of a Salesman"Please answer all parts of the question so i can understand...

In the play "Death of a Salesman" both sons have responded
to their upbringing in a home where reality is somewhat distorted and the dysfunctions
of the family have affected their ability to move forward in life.  Happy is the
youngest son who is in a go nowhere job as a buyer's assistant in a store.  He builds
his position and self up by sleeping with the wives of the people who have more
prestigious positions in the company. 

Biff is hindered by
his own high ideals for himself.  He has come to believe that he is above others and
does not have the same work or goals as them because he is "special.  When Biff returns
home he is still delusional about himself, but while waiting in the office of his
friend, who ditches him, he begins to see his life in the "real" for the first time.  He
goes home and confronts the others with who and what they really are versus how they
have lied about their lives to themselves.

Neither son is
able to take on the permanence of marriage because they have seen that family values and
marriage are a scam.  Biff's and Happy's rememberance of their father's having cheated
on their mother may have affected them making them not want to
marry.

I need information on how to start a critical analysis essayI have to do an critical analaysis essay on "the lottery" by Shirley Jackson, and I...

As with persuasive essays, the critical analysis essays
are meant to describe your personal position (or opinion) about a specific aspect or
aspects of the story 'The Lottery'

The first and most
effective way to start an introduction is to start by stating what it is that you will
be focusing on, and what is your opinion about it. For example:
"A small-town mentality combined with lack of social exposure
can lead to the commission of barbaric acts brought in by morbid and senseless
traditions".

After you state your
point and position, you should offer at least three  reasons why you think the way you
do. For example:

"In the story the
lottery we see how a small, secluded community perpetuates a rite of stoning which had
begun back in the days when the settlement had been born. This seclusion, as well as the
narrow-mindedness of the people extended this cruel act until the modern times. The
result of a mind that does not grow and change with time might very well be that it will
deteriorate and die with time as
well.

After you state this in
your introductory paragraph, your body should be about supporting details from the story
to support your idea. You could mention (for the example cited above), how the practice
of the lottery came about, how it is conducted, how it makes you feel, how you compare
it to modern times, etc.

Finally, at the end just reinforce
the opening paragraph and reinstate your point and position.

The melting & boiling point in deg. C of elements A, B, C, D & E are -189 & -186, -219 & -183, -7 & 58, 29 & 222, ....660 & 2450 respectively....

Element A: Both melting point and boiling point are below
room temperature therefore the element will be gas at room
temperature.

Element B: Both melting point and boiling
point are below room temperature therefore the element will be gas at room
temperature.

Element C: Melting point is below room
temperature and boiling point is above room temperature. Therefore the element will be
liquid at room temperature.

When element C is cooled from
80 degrees C to -10 degrees C, the particles of the element will remain in gas form when
cooled from 80 degrees C to 58 degrees centigrade. When cooled further the particles
will five out latent heat of boiling and turn into solid without temperature drop. When
cooled further after becoming liquid, the particle will remain liquid up to temperature
of -7 degrees C. On being cooled further they will give out latent heat of fusion and
become solid without drop in temperature. On further cooling after conversion to solid
the temperature will again start dropping. The particles will remain in solid state on
reaching the temperature of - 10 degrees C.

Element D:
Melting point is below room temperature and boiling point is above room temperature.
Therefore the element will be liquid at room
temperature.

Element E: Both melting point and boiling
point are above room temperature therefore the element will be solid at room
temperature.

Compare the two societies in Lord of the Flies under Ralph and Jack.

In Lord of the Flies by William
Golding, the boys on the island clearly delineate into two groups--those who follow
Ralph and those who follow Jack.  Each of these leaders has his own way of maintaining
order and living life.

Ralph is the first leader chosen on
the island, and he's everyone's leader.  Jack is appointed the leader of the hunters,
but they still fall under Ralph's leadership.  Here there is some semblance of order, as
seen by the use of the conch, and organization, as seen by their plans to create a
living space.  Huts are to be built, fresh water is to be on hand, toilet areas are
clearly designated, and food is gathered.  Ralph, with the guidance of Piggy, is able to
maintain some sense of order and discipline, though the boys slowly begin to break off
to do their own things. 

Soon Jack has become the second
leader on the island, the leader of the hunters.  They are careless about maintaining
the fire or doing the other work which needs doing; instead, they are consumed by
hunting.  Jack holds sway over his "tribe" by using fear and intimidation.  It's an easy
sell, at first, since most boys would rather hunt than work.  Once talk of the beast
grows, Jack has to find a way to calm their fears and keep them in line.  He suggests
leaving one of the pig's heads as a sacrifice for the beast in the hopes of allaying
their fears.  (This head, of course, becomes the Lord of the Flies which "speaks" to
Simon.)  As more boys join his tribe (either by choice or intimidation), Golding refers
to them as "savages," and their behavior becomes more violent and
aggressive. 

In the end, all but Ralph are members of
Jack's tribe.  In their desperation to flush out their final prey (Ralph), they set the
island on fire.  If not for their timely rescue, all of them would have died in the
conflagration. 

Ralph and Jack are, says Golding, like two
continents, adrift at sea.  As leaders, they could not be more different,  One is strong
enough to capture all the players, so to speak, but the other is strong enough to stand
alone when he must. 

Find the area under the curve 1/x.

The area under the curve 1/x, is the definite integral of
f(x) minus INtegral of another curve or line and between the limits x = a and x =
b.

Since there are not specified the limits x = a and x =
b, also it is not specified the other curve or line, we'll calculate the indefinite
integral of 1/x and not the area under the curve.

The
indefinite integral of f(x) = 1/x is:

Int f(x) = Int
dx/x

Int dx/x = ln x + C

C -
family of constants.

To understand the family of constants
C, we'll consider the result of the indefinite integral as the function
f(x).

f(x) = ln x + C

We'll
differentiate f(x):

f'(x) = (ln x +
C)'

f'(x) = 1/x + 0

Since C
is a constant, the derivative of a constant is
cancelling.

So, C could be any constant, for
differentiating f(x), the constant will be zero.

Now, we'll
calculate the area located between the curve 1/x, x axis, x=a and
x=b:

Integral [f(x) - ox]dx, x = a to x =
b

We'll apply Leibniz-Newton
formula:

Int f(x) dx = F(b) -
F(a)

 Int dx/x = ln b - ln
a

Since the logarithms have matching bases, we'll transform
the difference into a product:

Int dx/x = ln
|b/a|

The area located between the curve 1/x,
x axis, x=a and x=b
is:

Int dx/x = ln
|b/a|

In chapter 18, How does Hawthorne reinforce his idea that nature is sympathetic with the union of Hester and Dimmesdale?The Scarlet Letter by...

In Chapter XVIII of Nathaniel Hawthorne's The
Scarlet Letter, Hester and the Reverend Dimmesdale meet in the forest. 
There, in the Romantic style, Nature sympathizes with the feelings of Hester and Arthur
Dimmesdale.  For instance, in the beginning of the chapter, as Dimmesdale looks into the
face of Hester, "hope and joy shone out." As Dimmedale makes the decision to leave the
colony, Dimmesdale tells Hester,

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I seem to have flung myself--sick, sin-stained,
and sorrow-blackened--down upon these forest-leaves,
and to have risen up all made anew, and with new powers to
florify Him that hath been merciful!  This is already the better life!  Why did we not
find it sooner?

Then, when
Hester removes her cap, and takes down her hair, Nature is again in sympathy with
her:

There
played around her mouth, and beamed out of her eyes, a radiant and tender smile, that
seemed gushing from the very heart of womanhood....And, as if the gloom of the earth and
sky had been but the effluence of these two mortal hearts, it vanished with their
sorrow.  All at once, as with a sudden smile of heaven,
forth burst the sunshine, pouring a very
flood into the obscure forest, gladdening each green leaf, tranmuting the yellow fallen
ones to gold, and gleaming adown the grey trunks of the solemn
trees.

That
which was in the dark now comes out of the shadow into brightness.  The little brook
takes a course of "merry gleam" into the wood's "heart of mystery, a mystery of joy." 
Hawthorne further writes,

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Such was the sympathy of Nature--that wild,
heathen Nature of the forest, never subjugated by human law, nor illumined by higher
truth--with the bliss of these two
spirits!

Standing in the
sunshine, little Pearl is called "a bright-apparelled vision in a sunbeam."  Likewise,
Hester and Arthur Dimmesdale emerge as hopeful and alive in the forest where Nature
sympathizes and sunshine chases away the shadows from their hearts and unburdens the
grey lives of the two
lovers.

 

Determine the equation of the line that is perpendicular to the line 5x-4y+3=0 and it passes through the point (-1,2) .

We'll  write the equation in the standard
form:

y=mx+n, where m is the slope of the
line.

We'll use the property of 2 perpendicular lines, that
is:the product between the slopes of 2 perpendicular lines is
:-1

We'll note the 2 slopes as m1 and
m2.

m1*m2=-1

We could find m1
from the given equation of the line which is perpendicular to the one with the unknown
equation.

The equation is
5x-4y+3=0

We'll put the equation into the standard
form:

4y=5x+3

We'll divide by
4 both sides:

y=(5/4)x +3/4 =>
m1=5/4

(5/4)*m2=-1

m2=-4/5

The
equation of a line which passes throuh a given point A(-1,2), and it has the slope
m2 is:

(y-yA)=m(x-xA)

(y-2)=(-4/5)*(x+1)

We'll
remove the brackets and we'll get:

4x + 5y -10+4 =
0

4x + 5y - 6 =
0

In "The Masque of Red Death", what does Prospero's running through all of his rooms and confronting the unknown guest in the seventh room symbolise?

You have asked a very astute question. The answer involves
an interpretation of the other symbols in the story to understand what is represented by
both the intruder and then by Prospero's movement through the seven rooms. It is clear
that this is a richly symbolic tale, and therefore the meaning is closely linked to
Poe's use of symbolism.

Let us remember that there are
seven rooms, each of a different colour. Seven is a key number that suggests the cycle
of life and time passing. For example, we have seven days in a week, and then we have
the seven stages of man. Let us also remember that the colour of the seventh room,
black, is richly symbolic of death, and likewise we need to recall that it is in this
seventh room that the clock (which again symbolises time passing) is housed. Of course,
Prospero and his guests have locked themselves away in an attempt to stop the inevitable
- to halt the ravages of time of live for eternity. The intruder, who could be said to
symbolise death, shows that this is impossible. It is strongly symbolic that as Prospero
follows the intruder through the other rooms to the seventh, he is, unknowingly, walking
to his death, as he meets the intruder at the final stage of life and dies
there.

Describe the encounter and Hamlet's behavior to Ophelia as she reports it to Polonius in Act 2.this question is from the book Hamlet by...

Ophelia is quite distraught when she comes to see her
father after Hamlet has visited her (after Polonius asked her to make herself scarce to
Hamlet). She recounts this story:

Ophelia was in her room,
sewing, when Hamlet walked up to her--looking a mess.  His clothes were disheveled, his
knees were knocking, and he had a look on his face

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"As if he had been loosed out of hell to speak of
horrors."

He didn't speak to
her, though.  He simply took her wrist, walked away from her, and dramatically placed
his arm upon his brow.  Then,

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"He falls to such perusal of [her] face as he
would draw it." 

He stayed
that way for a long time; then he shook her arm a bit, nodded his head three times,
then

"raised a
sigh so piteous and profound

As it did seem to shatter all
his bulk

And end his
being." 

Finally, he walks
out the door backward, maintaining his gaze with her until he
left. 

That's enough evidence for Polonius--obviously
Hamlet is mad for her love. Ophelia is just afraid Hamlet has gone mad, though she does
not necessarily attribute that to lovesickness, as Polonius does. We, as audience, find
this rather out of character and melodramatic, making it one of the rare comic moments
in the play.

Is The Importance of Being Earnest a sentimental comedy?

Sentimental Drama - both sentimental tragedy and comedy -
finds its origin in the reaction against the obscenity of the Restoration Comedy of
Manners. The obscenity in the Restoration Comedy of Manners was itself due to its being
a reaction against the Puritanism of the Commonwealth of Oliver
Cromwell.

"Sentiment" would of course mean 'excess of
emotion.' Sentimental drama was characterized by scenes which were meant to evoke
excessive pity -  a helpless widow with many children, a reconciliation scene between a
repentant son and a magnanimous father, a reformed husband being reunited with his
wife.

Richard Steele's (1672-1729) "The Conscious Lovers"
(1722) is a typical example of Sentimental Comedy whereas George Lillo's (1693-1739)
 "The London Merchant" (1731) is a typical example of a Sentimental
Tragedy.

For a certain period of time Sentimental Drama was
popular, but soon people got tired of it and the Comedy of Manners which had become
unpopular because of the advent of the Sentimental Drama was revived in the 18th century
by Goldsmith (1728-74) and Sheridan (1751-1816). Both these dramatists took care to keep
their plays free of the obscenity which was the reason for the Restoration Comedy of
Manners becoming unpopular. The 18th Century Comedy of Manners is different from the
Restoration Comedy of Manners in that it is not obscene. It is a sanitized version of
the obscene Restoration Comedy of Manners. After Sheridan and Goldsmith there was no one
to continue the tradition of the Comedy of Manners.

The
tradition of the Comedy of Manners had to wait till the arrival on the scene of Oscar
Wilde (1854-1900) to be revived again. The plays of Oscar Wilde follow all the
conventions of the traditional Comedy of Manners plays. They are famous for their
intricate plots and Wilde's unique brand
of epigrammatic wit.

Wilde's plays belong to the Comedy of
Manners genre.

THEY ARE ANTI
SENTIMENTAL DRAMA.

Melodrama
(Greek, melos - music and French, drame - drama) is a particular  type of drama which is
characterised by extreme exaggeration. Melodrama became popular only from the 18th
century onwards and it was always accompanied by orchestral music or
song.

The Comedy of Manners became popular as early as the
Restoration in 1660. The Sentimental Comedy which has melodramatic - exaggerated and
difficult to accept as genuine and sincere -  scenes and characters originated only
after 1700. Sentimental Drama has no orchestral musical
accompaniment.

I just want to know, what is the plot of The Garden PartyThe plot only!

"The Garden Party" is the story of Laura and her family, a
wealthy family who live at the top of the hill,  who are planning to have a lovely
garden party.  The start of the story tells of the preparations, including discussions
of things like, the food, the flowers and the clothing everyone plans to wear --
especially things like hats.

During the morning they hear
the news that a poor man from down the street, who lives in the poorer part of the
village at the bottom of the hill has been killed in an accident.  Laura is young
(teens) and very unset and thinks the family should cancel their party, but the Mom
explains the foolishness of such thinking, after all, what are they to us?  They are
worlds apart.  Laura is pretty quickly convinced that the party should go on, especially
when she sees her beautiful new party hat.

After the party,
the memory of the dead man creeps back, and the Mother suggests that Laura bring some of
the left-over party food as a gift basket for the family of the dead man.  Laura is
uncomfortable on the journey down the lane, but knocks on the door and is ushered in. 
She is at first uncomfortable with the idea of looking at the dead man who has been laid
out on the table, but once she gathers and courage and comes closer, she comes to an
interesting observation.  She says something to the affect that the man is lucky and
beautiful in death.  She is realizing that death is a release from the pain and
suffering of this mortal  life, and that death isn't a bad, scary thing.  She leaves the
house with a much more mature understanding and life and death, and is so caught up in
the idea that she can't even find the words to articulate it to her brother who has come
down to check up on her and walk her home.

It is a rich and
multi-layered story filled with symbolism and irony! 

State three major points of how stress affects behavior and health.

Stress of the chronic sort does have a potential for
affecting your behavior and health, but it is critical to
explore possible health problems before writing symptoms off as
stress-related. According to href="http://www.mayoclinic.com/health/stress-symptoms/SR00008_D">Mayo
Clinic The three major ways stress can affect your behavior are in eating,
drinking and smoking; anger and crying outbursts; and social contact and relationships.
The three major ways stress can affect your health are pain, systemic function, and
sleep disorders.

Mayo Clinic advises that stress-related
pain often targets headache, back pain, and chest pain. Stress-related systemic symptoms
can affect heart palpitations and even heart disease, high blood pressure, lowered
immunity and stomach problems, while disrupting sleep cycles, most commonly with
insomnia and possibly nightmares.

Mayo Clinic advises that
stress-related behavior symptoms can affect overeating, drug use, alcoholism,
undereating, and increased smoking. Stress-related symptoms can be evident in outbursts
of uncontrolled or unreasonable anger and fits of unexplained or atypical crying. Stress
can also produce social withdrawal and conflicts in close relationships with family
members and loved ones.

What aspects of Hamlet's concept of death/desire for death are revealed in Hamlet's first soliloquy in Act 1 scene 2?

The opening of the speech certainly gives a strong sense
of desire for death:

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O, that this too too solid flesh would
melt

Thaw and resolve itself into a
dew.

Or that the Everlasting had not
fix'd

His canon 'gainst
self-slaughter!

This words
are a simple wish to either die on the spot, "to melt," or to be allowed by the tenants
of his faith to commit suicide.  He goes on to explain that this desire is because he
finds the world to be "an unweeded garden," and that he has no use for such a
world.

The other theme regarding death that Hamlet focuses
on in this soliloquy is how quickly his dead father was forgotten by his mother.  He
mentions it at least twice:

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But two months dead.  Nay, not so much, not
two...

And

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...and yet, within a
month

...A little
month.

This focus on the time
between his mother's following his dead father's body in the funeral and marrying his
Uncle is a fact that he cannot forget.  It is very important to Hamlet, in his concept
of death, that the dead have their time to be remembered in a period of mourning.  He
goes on to comment on her haste:

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O, God!  A beast that wants discourse of
reason

Would have mourned
longer...

And his final
conclusion about this hasty marriage is that:

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It is not, nor it cannot come to
good.

So, though Hamlet
begins the soliloquy wishing for his own death and contemplating suicide, it becomes
clear that his real concern is the lack of respect shown to his dead father by his
mother, an illustration of his feelings about the importance of proper mourning over the
dead.

Give an analysis of "The Sunne Rising".

This poem is really the poet addressing his remarks to the
sun!  Donne, ever the fanciful and imaginative poet, takes many impossibilities and uses
them in this lyric poem to explain how much he adores his lover.  The "busy old foole"
(line 1), Donne calls the sun, is peeking through the bedroom window as Donne lays with
his beloved.  He calls the sun "unruly", which is, of course, the exact opposite of what
the sun is.  The sun rises and sets regularly, never wavering, in a fixed pattern all
the year through.  Donne knew that immutable laws covered the motions of heavenly
objects, no more so than the sun, so calling such a ruling body "unruly" is strange
indeed!  He is saying that he wishes the sun was not so regular in his
habits.

The sentiment here is that he doesn't want his
night with his lover to end.  lThis was a standard poetic convention in Elizabethan
poetry (compare Romeo and Juliet, Act III scene v), but Donne, being Donne, turns it on
his head.   Not only does he wish fervently that the morning not come -- he says that
the sun is out of order and should not be coming at its appointed time!  This kind of
poetic arrogance, shown as the lovers' preeminence in importance even over heavenly
bodes, is characteristic of Donne. 

 He tells the sun to go
bother other people (as if the sun could shine on some people and not on others! --
again, a diminution of the sun's importance and universality) such as late schoolboys
and apprentices and huntsmen rather than the lovers.  At the end of the first stanza
Donne avers (rather than wishes) that the sun didn't govern the seasons of love (ln
9-10).  There is nothing that Donne thinks is more important than love, and all the laws
of the universe should be subject to it.

Of course, some of
this is meant to be fun.  Simply the image of calling the sun a "busy old foole" is
meant to bring a smile to the reader's face.  But as the poem continues the poet becomes
more serious.  He tells the sun that his mistress's eyes are more brilliant than his
light and he appears to mean it.  He tells the sun that all the sweet and wonderful
things that he shines on all over the world ("th'India's o spice and Myne" - line 17)
are not only pale in comparison to his mistress, but are, in fact, contained in her. 
She is all the great things on earth.

But Donne doesn't
stop there -- "She'is all States, and all Princes I" (line 21) begins the last stanza. 
"Nothing else is" he states baldly, in a unmetrical line 22.  There is nothing on earth
that matters other than the lovers and their love -- and in fact all of Creation is
contained in them.  This poem shows Donne using some of his most extreme metaphors.  One
wonders if he is always entirely sincere in them, but lines like "Thou sunne art halfe
as happy'as we" make the reader think that perhaps Donne is using these wild images and
avowals to try to express the enormity of his emotions.  It is an unusual love-poem, to
say the least 

The force F acts through the origin. What is the magnitude of F and what angles does it make with x,y,z axes? F = 2.63i + 4.28j-5.92k N

To determine the magnitude of a force, we'll apply the
formula:

|F| = sqrt(a^2 + b^2 +
c^2)

where a,b,c are the coefficients of the unit vectors
i,j,k.

We'll identify the coefficients:
a,b,c.

F = 2.63i + 4.28j-5.92k
N

a = 2.63

b =
4.28

c = -5.92

|F| =
sqrt[(2.63)^2 + (4.28)^2 + (-5.92)^2]

|F| =
7.75 N

The angle that F makes with x axis
is:

cos theta x = a/|F|

cos
theta x = 2.63 / 7.75

cos theta x = 70.2
degrees

The angle that F makes with y axis
is:

cos theta y = b/|F|

cos
theta y = 4.28/7.75

cos theta y = 56.3
degrees

The angle that F makes with z axis
is:

cos theta z = c/|F|

cos
theta z =  -5.92/7.75

cos theta z = 139.8
degrees

Whats the supsense and what does this mean?Benvolio: “I pray thee, good Mercutio, let’s retire.The day is hot, and the Capels are abroad,And,...

The above answer is absolutely correct.  The day is hot,
meaning tempers are short.  Benvoilio knows that if they encounter the Capulets there
will be trouble.

As we, the audience, know Tybalt is
looking for a fight.  He had to be restrained by his uncle at the masked
ball.

It is a hot summer's day.  The youth are bored.  What
better way to pass an afternoon than to verbally taunt your enemy?  But, boys will be
boys, and when manhood is on the line, anything can and does happen.  Does Tybalt mean
to kill Mercutio?  It is a tragic accident but the result is tragic for both families
and the city of Verona itself.

A tragedy is like throwing a
pebble into a pool of water.  Once thrown, we cannot control the ripples that spread out
from the center.  The results are beyond human control.

What is an example of man vs. nature in The Alchemist by Coelho?

Coelho's main character, Santiago, learns about the
Language of the World during his travels in search of his treasure. Part of the
philosophy behind the story includes the elements of the earth and how man is
interconnected with them.  He learns about omens, or signals, from nature and God to
help him along his way. The one conflict between man and nature could be during the
climax of the story when Santiago asks the desert, the wind, and the sun to help him
turn into the wind; if he doesn't perform this task, he could be killed by some
tribesmen. Now, the desert, the wind, and the sun are not out to destroy Santiago; that
is not the conflict. The conflict is if Santiago can actually talk to them and then if
they can help him accomplish the task or not. Through his abilities to talk to these
elements, he is able to figure out how to accomplish the difficult task through a
process of elimination and discussion. It's not the average man vs. nature set up, but
it works nonetheless to show such conflict.

ln e^3 + ln 6x = 6

We'll use the product property of the
logarithms:

ln e^3 + ln 6x = ln
(6x*e^3)

We'll substitute the sum by the
product:

ln (6x*e^3) = 6

So,
we can write the expression above:

6x*e^3  =
e^6

We'll divide by e^3 both
sides:

6x = e^3

We'll divide
by 6 both sides:

x =
e^3/6

Since the result is positive, the equation has the
solution

x =
e^3/6

What is meant by CBC with diff.

This is referring to a hematological test performed on
your blood. CBC means complete blood count and diff. means differential. This test is
very common and is used to gather information about your health
status.

CBC's measure many components of the blood like the
leukocyte count (white blood cells), erythrocyte count (red blood cells), hemoglobin,
and hematocrit just to name a few. The differential part of the CBC evaluates other
indices like the morphology of the various cells like neutrophils, lymphocytes,
monocytes, eosinophils, and basophils (leukocytes) and MCV, MCH, and MCHC of the
erythrocytes. Mean corpuscular volume, mean corpuscular hemoglobin, and mean corpuscular
hemoglobin concentration respectively.

Abnormalities in the
CBC or differential indicate specific and general problems that may shed light on the
particular disease process.

What is the body count at the end of the play?Who dies, how do they die, and in what order do they die?

Each of the above is true, bringing your death toll to 5.
However, there are some additional details worth
noting.

Mercutio, the first death, occurs because Tybalt
wants to fight Romeo and Romeo won't fight. He starts talking about how he loves Tybalt
and Tybalt has no comprehension of why Romeo is talking like this, which makes sense
because Romeo and Juliet are keeping their marriage a secret. Mercutio can't stand to
see Romeo be such a push-over and tries to instigate a fight with Tybalt. Romeo tries to
break it up and Mercutio is hurt "under [Romeo's]
arm."

Romeo kills himself because he
thinks Juliet is dead. She really is getting ready to wake
up.

Juliet kills herself because she knows
Romeo is dead.

When Lady Montague hears of all
of this, she cannot bear to take any more of the feud between the families and her only
son's death scarred her more than she imagined. Thus, she seems to have chosen to take
her own life.

How is The Grapes of Wrath relevant to readers today?How has the novel influenced American society and culture as we know it?

The Grapes of Wrath is a novel which
is set during the great depression and follows the journey of the Joads, a family hit
hard by the dust bowl who sells or packs all their belongings and seeks work out in
California.

Although America has not known hardship as
severe as the difficulty of The Great Depression since that time, many might argue that
the recession we are currently in as a nation and a world is as close as we've come to
history repeating itself.  Therefore, now, more than ever, the themes and ideas
presented in The Grapes of Wrath are relevant.  I think, among
other things, you could make direct comparisons of the conditions presented in the novel
now to the problems facing illegal immigrants in our country and hardships as a result
of the Great Depression to the hardships today as a result of the
recession.

First, there are the ideas presented about the
working conditions and lives of migrant workers.  At the time the book was published,
the way the truth was presented was considered highly controversial and even somewhat
offensive.  Ironically, people were in shock and awe concerning the poverty presented in
this novel.  Today, we are looking at very similar conditions for immigrant workers -
similar levels of poverty, similar levels of difficulty and
despair.

Consider also the class conflicts presented in the
novel.  The "haves" versus the "have-nots" (this book of course focuses on the
have-nots) will always be a conflict our country faces.  Think about the media driven
stories of the lack of a middle class or the widening gap between the rich and the
poor.  While the situations are decidedly different, the results (emotional and
physical) are very much the same.  The novel presents this conflict and its
consequences.

Finally, the idea of hope can be compared to
today.  Then and now, during times of trouble, America seems to remain true to it's
motto "The Land of Opportunity."  Even today, people have not forgotten that.  Despite
the obvious tone of depression in the novel, there is an ever-present hope that things
will always improve.  Our country today maintains that hope - and works through national
difficulty because of that hope.

What characterisizes bipolar disease?

A bipolar disorder is a psychiatric condition that is
characterized by alternating cycles of changes in mood. These mood changes can be
severe, the mood may shift from an extreme high (manic) to an extreme low
(depression).

Manic behavior is due to an abnormally
elevated mood and may include inappropiate elation, severe insomnia, and increased
irritability. Poor social judgment is common. All behaviors are amplified in mania. For
example, if the person drinks, they will drink way too much. If the person goes
shopping, they will spend way too much and often will write bad checks for the
purchases. The person knows they don't have the funds to cover the purchases but they do
it anyway.

Depression is hallmarked by periods of extreme
sadness, the loss of interest in normal activities, and thoughts of despair and
worthlessness.

The mood may change from day to day or the
person may be depressed for a couple of days then revert back to manic behavior and stay
in a manic state for several days.

solve for x and express solution set in set builder notation: 2x/(x+5) + 10/(x^2+2x-15) = x/(x - 3)

When we try to add or subtract fractions, all ratios have
to have the same denominator.

The denominator of the ratio
10/(x^2+2x-15) is a quadratic.

We'll check if the quadratic
has real roots. If it has, we can re-write it as a product of linear
factors.

To verify if it has real roots, we'll apply the
quadratic formula:

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

2x/(x+5)  +  10/(x^2+2x-15)   =  x/(x -
3)

 We'll identify
a,b,c:

a=1

b=2

c=-15

x1
= [-2+sqrt(4+60)]/2

x1 =
(-2+8)/2

x1 = 3

x2 =
-5

We'll re-write the
quadratic:

x^2+2x-15 =
(x-3)(x+5)

We'll re-write the
expression:

2x/(x+5)  +  10/(x-3)(x+5)   =  x/(x -
3)

In order to find out x, we'll multiply the first ratio
by (x-3) and the third ratio by (x+5):

2x(x-3) + 10 =
x(x+5)

We'll remove the
brackets:

2x^2 - 6x + 10 = x^2 +
5x

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

x^2 - 11x + 10 =
0

We'll apply the quadratic formula,
again:

x1 =
[11+sqrt(121-40)]/2

x1 =
[11+sqrt81]/2

x1 = (11+9)/2

x1
= 9

x2 = (11-9)/2

x2 =
1

The real roots of the given expression are:
{1 ; 9}.

Calculate the intercepting point of the lines x+7y=21 and 2x-y=11

To determine the intercepting point of the lines, we'll
have to solve the system formed form the equations of the
lines.

 x+7y=21 (1)

2x-y=11 
(2)

The solution of this system represents the coordinates
of the intercepting point.

We'll solve the system using
elimination method. For this reason, we'll multiply (2) by
7:

14x - 7y = 77 (3)

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

14x - 7y +  x+7y = 77 +
21

We'll eliminate like
terms:

15x = 98

We'll divide
by 15:

x =
98/15

We'll susbtitute x in (1) and we'll
gte:

98/15 + 7y=21

We'll
subtract 98/15 both sides:

7y = 21 -
98/15

7y = (21*15-98)/15

We'll
divide by 7:

y =
217/105

The coordinates of the
intercepting point are: (98/15 , 217/105).

In Hamlet, how does Hamlet contrast himself with the young Norweigan Prince in act 4 scene 4?

To my mind, this soliloquy runs the risk of being
overlooked in terms of what it reveals about Hamlet at this stage of the play, so well
done for focussing on it! In Act IV scene 4 Hamlet meets Fortinbras's army, which is
heading across Denmark on its way to fight Poland. After the army has left, Hamlet, in
his final soliloquy of the play, examines the action of Fortinbras and compares it to
his own. This soliloquy bears much resemblance to when Hamlet compared himself with the
actor in Act II scene 2, as both comparisons leave Hamlet feeling ashamed. He resolves
to have more bloody thoughts from now on.

It is well worth
analysing this speech in detail, however, because in this soliloquy Shakespeare seems to
give a penetrating insight into the processes of Hamlet's tortured thinking. Again, he
moves from self-disgust to a decision to act. His final words sound
determined:

Oh
from this time forth,

My thoughts be bloody, or be nothing
worth.

And yet this is shown
to be ironic. As so often, Hamlet's actions contradict his words. His thoughts appear to
move logically towards the bloodthirsty conclusion, and yet the speech is a mass of
contradictions. Shakespeare is showing us that what someone says is not always what they
believe.

Consider this part of his
soliloquy:

I
do not know

Why yet I live to say this thing's to
do,

Sith I have cause, and will, and strength, and
means

To
do't

Hamlet seems to be not
being honest with himself. In fear of divine punishment from a Christian God, Hamlet
definitely does not possess the "will" to take
revenge.

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Hamlet proceeds to contradict himself
explicitly:

Examples gross as earth exhort
me.

This is clearly
illogical. Things that are "gross" or foul cannot encourage you to to do anything except
the opposite. Hamlet was sickened by what Fortinbras's army was going off to do. Now, he
feels their behaviour impelling him to do something similarly "honourable", but
honourable from the pagan perspective. Hamlet then re-writes what he has just seen,
changing his view on Fortinbras and his conquest, trying to project himself into his
shoes and play the role his father would have wished him to play. Hamlet somehow reasons
himself into seeing the world upside-down, and yet, in this topsy-turvy view, there are
hints of something "rotten" in it - he admits that "fame" is "a fantasy and a trick",
even as he states his defiant last couplet and goes off supposedly full of
revenge.

This soliloquy, then, is highly interesting
because it shows the contradictory state of Hamlet and his mind and, most importantly,
his attitude towards taking the revenge his father wishes him to
take.

Explain the allusion in the town's telling Chillingworth, "That matter remaineth a riddle and the Daniel who shall expound it is yet a-wanting"

Daniel of the Old Testament was an important member of the
court in Babylon where he became very knowledgeable and pious, gaining the respect of
many.  He was accomplished at interpretations of dreams, and was also called upon to
interpret mysterious handwriting on a wall.  This supernatural writing foretold the
demise of the Babylonian empire.

In Chapter III
of The Scarlet Letter, Roger Chillingworth inquires of a Puritan
who is in the market place, "And who, by your favour, Sir, may be the father of yonder
babe...?"  To this, the Puritan replies with the remark that the magistrates have laid
their heads together in vain, so "A Daniel...is yet a-wanting."  In other words, one who
can reader the supernatural writing that is behind the scarlet A on Hester's bosom is
lacking to the community.  The magistrates need someone like Daniel who can interpret
such things as dreams and read supernatural writing and the souls of
others.

This remark by the bystander to Chillingworth is,
indeed, ironic as it is Chillingworth in his demonic, rather than divine, scrutiny of
the Reverend Dimmesdale who is able to read the "spiritual writing" on the chest of the
minister, a writing that comes from the guilt of his conscience.  He, then, is the
Daniel of whom the bystander says the community is "a-wanting."

At the beginning of the play, what does the messenger say that Everyman will be about?

At the beginning of the play, the messenger says that
since every man will eventually be called to account before God, he should be careful of
his actions from the very beginning of his life. The messenger explains that though evil
may seem appealing at the time, in the end it will bring pain and ruin to the soul. The
play which the audience is about to see is a moral play, one which will teach a lesson,
for every man. The messenger says,

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The Summoning of Everyman
it is called so,

That of our lives and ending maketh
show

How transitory we be every
day...

Man, in the
beginning

Watch well and take good heed of the
ending

Be you never so gay!

Ye
think sin in the beginning full sweet

Which, in the end,
causeth the soul to weep...

For ye shall hear how our
Heaven's King

Calleth Everyman to a general
reckoning." 

The messenger
stresses that life is transitory, and that there is a lesson to be learned from the play
about to be performed. It would behoove the audience to pay close
attention.

Given the sum : 1 + 1/2 + 1/2^2 + ... + 1/2^100, prove that 2 >S >1

The given sum is the sum of the terms of a geometrical
progression. The number of terms is 101.

We'll calculate
the common ratio of the progression:

1/2/ 1 =
1/2

1/4/1/2 =
1/2

.....................

 r=
1/2.

We know that the sum of n terms of a geometrical
progression is:

Sn=(r^n-1)/(r-1), when r>1, and Sn=
(1-r^n)/(1-r), r<1

We've noticed that r=1/2<1
and n=101

S101 = (1-1/2^101)/1-1/2=2 -
1/2^100

1/2^100 < 2, so S101>1  and
S101<2.

Who bears the freight when the terms are (a) FOB shipping point, (b) FOB destination?

This question has to do with inventory.  More specifically
when does inventory come off a sellers books and when does it go on the
buyers.

(a) FOB shipping point means that the title of
goods passes to the buyer at the time it is shipped.  The seller takes it off their
inventory as soon as they ship it. The buyer usually pays shipping costs
on FOB shipping point purchases as they consider the costs part of the purchase
price.

(b) FOB destination means
that the title passes to buyer when it is received.  The seller usually
pays for shipping because they invoice it as transportation costs at the time of
shipping.

Determine the function f=x^2-ax+3 whose minim value is -1.

The extreme value of a quadratic function can be
calculated using 2 methods.

We'll apply the first method of
finding the minimum value. We'll differentiate the
function.

f'(x) = (x^2 - a*x +
3)'

f'(x) = (x^2)' - (a*x)' +
(3)'

f'(x) = 2x - a

When the
first derivative is cancelling, then the function has an extreme value, in this case, a
minimum.

2x - a = 0

We'll add
a both sides:

2x = a

We'll
divide by 2:

x = a/2

But, from
enunciation, f(a/2) = -1.

We'll determine
f(a/2):

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

-1 = (a^2 - 2a^2 + 12)/4

-4
= -a^2 + 12

We'll move -a^2 to the left
side:

a^2 - 4 = 12

We'll add 4
both sides:

a^2 = 16

a1 =
-sqrt 16

a1 =
-4

a2 =
+4

The second method of finding the extreme
value of the quadratic is to apply the formula of the vertex of the
graph:

V (-b/2a ,
-delta/4a)

We'll identify the coefficients of the
function:

a = 1

b =
-a

c = 3

xV =
-(-a)/2

delta = a^2 - 12

 yV =
-(a^2 - 12)/4

But yV= -1

-(a^2
- 12)/4 = -1

a^2 - 12 = 4

a^2
= 12+4

a^2 = 16

a1 =
4

a2 = -4

In Ray Bradbury's "There Will Come Soft Rains" how do we analyze his use of imagery?

What you have identified is the importance of setting and
the imagery that is used to describe it in this important dystopian story that is almost
unique for having no actual characters whatsoever. I will have a look at the first
opening paragraph to analyse the imagery and see how Bradbury uses setting to convey his
message.

The story starts unforgettably by presenting us
with a future world which is supremely technologically
advanced:

In
the living room the voice-clock sang, Tick-tock, seven o'clock, time to get up, time to
get up, seven o'clock! as if it were afraid that nobody would. The mornign house lay
empty. The clock ticked on, repeating and repeating its sounds into the emptiness.
Seven-nine, breakfast time, seven-nine!

In the kitchen the
breakfast stove gave a hissing sigh and ejected from its warm interior eight pieces of
perfectly browned toast, eight eggs sunnyside up, sixteen slices of bacon, two coffees,
and two cool glasses of
milk.

Clearly the extent to
which technology has advanced is incredibly impressive - literally there are robots to
do everything for you! However, as you read the rest of the story you begin to realise
what Bradbury is trying to aim at. With no human characters, this story is an ironic
reflection on the strengths and weaknesses of human nature. It is also a warning about
the limits and dangers of technology. The same technical wizardry that enables people of
the future to create a fully automated house is also responsible for the creation
of the nuclear weapons that destroy the human race. What use is all our cleverness and
ingenuity at having created a machine to make our breakfast for us, Bradbury seems to
ask, without the wisdom to accept our own vulnerable position in the
universe?

In Fahrenheit 451, how does Montag feel after he discovers that Clarisse has dies, and where is it found in the book?

In the book, Montag finds out that Clarisse is dead when
Beatty comes to his house and tells him.  Go to that part, then look at what Montag
thinks and says after Beatty leaves the house.  You can tell from those things that he
is deeply saddened by Clarisse dying.

Montag shows his
feelings about Clarisse's death through what he thinks.  First, he thinks about what
Clarisse said to him.  He thinks about how she talked to him about her family and how
they liked to talk.  Montag thinks about this and about how different that was from what
is normal in their society.  Second, he thinks about how he liked Clarisse so much
better than he liked his firefighter colleagues.

So he is
clearly saddened and he is thinking about how he dislikes the society he lives in.  He
is coming around to Clarisse's way of thinking.

Why did Alexie give that reference to Turtle Lake in The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian?Would it be a symbol or what kind of literary...

The first sentence of the chapter that contains the
reference to Turtle Lake is "The reservation is beautiful." In this chapter, Junior
enjoys the beauty and familiarity of the reservation, which will always be home to him.
I believe that Turtle Lake, which is the focus of a number of Indian legends and myths,
can be considered to be a symbol of the rich Indian culture that characterizes the
Spokane nation that must call the reservation their
home.

In addition to representing Indian culture, Turtle
Lake has a distinctiveness that is unique and mysterious. Scientists have concluded that
the lake is "an ancient and dormant volcano crater," with incredible depth, like roots
going "all the way down to the center of the earth." In like manner, the Spokane tribe
has a history that is goes back for generations and is deeply rooted, in history, and in
the earth.

The horrifically frightening tale of Stupid
Horse, who drowned in Turtle Lake, is typical of the ghost stories Indians love. The
story was scary enough that for years, no one would swim in Turtle Lake, but as time
passed, the people forgot their fear and began to swim in the lake again. Junior's
observation that "people forget" is significant. The Indians are now trapped on the
reservation, and although they are victims of racism and oppression, part of the blame
for their situation lies in their own passivity and inertia. In Junior's estimation, the
Indians have forgotten their rich and noble heritage, as symbolized by Turtle Lake, and,
crushed by the treatment they have received at the hands of white society, have simply
given up (Chapter 29 - "Talking About Turtles").

What is Macbeth's role in the play Macbeth?Including themes and issues where relevant

One of the great things about this play is that it shows
us about governance and power.  To state the theme quite simply, it is, Power corrupts
and absolute power corrupts absolutely.

Consider what
happens.  At the beginning of the play, we meet Macbeth, the protagonist and tragic hero
of the play.  He is a good man it would seem.  A valiant warrior.  A loyal
Scotsman.

Is he ambitious?  Of course he is.  This was not
a time in Scottish history where the son necessarily followed his father onto the
throne.  With constant threats from the raiding Norsemen, a boy king would not have been
a good thing.  You needed a strong and proved military leader on the throne.  Does
Macbeth, at the beginning of the play fit the bill?  Yes.  Does Malcolm?  No. he has not
proved himself in battle.  In fact, he had to be rescued...by
Macbeth.

The prophsey that he will be king in the future
seems thwarted by Duncan naming his son, Malcolm as his successor.  Does Macbeth feel
cheated?  Yes.

Does Lady Macbeth feel that her husband
rather than a seemly weak and untested youth (Malcolm) deserves to be king? 
Yes.

The combination of Macbeth's ambition, the weird
sister's prediction, and the urging of Lady Macbeth all combine to lead Macbeth from
hero to tyrant.

Once he murders Duncan. he must continue to
murder to cover up his actions.  We hear how Scotland has become a horrible place to
live.  Fear and distrust are the norm under Macbeth.  Neighbor spys on neighbor.  People
don't know who they can trust.  He does not use his power wisely or for the good of his
subjects.  He uses his power to control and punish those who don't fall in line.  Look
what happens to the Macduff family.

In the play
The Best Man, the old and dying former president tells one of the
candidates, "Power is not a toy we give to good children.  It is a weapon and the strong
man takes it and he uses it."

Shakespeare shows us this
terrible lesson in Macbeth.  He uses his power to beat his people
over the head.  One of the great lessons of history is the corrupting nature of power. 
Once Macbeth killed Duncan he was corrupted by power.

In The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, how does the Wilks episode show Huck's growth and development?

This episode that occurs in Chapters 24-30 in the book is
another indication of how Huck Finn develops as a character as he works against the
dastardly scheme of the Duke and the King to fraudulently disinherit the money of the
heirs of Peter Wilks.

It is when Huck experiences the
kindness and generosity of Mary Jane and Susan, who stops Joanna (correctly)
interrogating Huck on the suspicion that he is lying that he begins to think again about
letting the girls becoming the latest victims of the Duke and the King. Note what he
says:

I says
to myself, this is a girl that I'm letting that old reptle rob her of her money!... And
when she got through they all jest laid theirselves out to make me feel at home and know
I was amongst friends. I felt so ornery and low down and mean that I says to myself, my
mind's made up; I'll hive that money for them or
bust.

The girls' defence of a
total stranger, as well as their appeal to their sister fro an apology, impresses Huck
enough to realise that he cannot allow the Duke and the King to take advantage
of these kind and gentle young girls. He decides to help the sisters. Huck's disgust at
the Duke and the King demonstrates his continuing maturity. Early in the novel, Huck's
morals were none too firm, but as he rafts down the river, he gets to know Jim, and has
to deal with the con men, Huck is not only able to distinguish right from wrong, but he
is beginning to stand up for what he believes in.

What were Lucius Cornelius Sulla 's accomplishments?

This Roman General and leader, who lived in the two
centuries before Christ, became an extremely skilled and accomplished military genius. 
His enemies hated but respected him.  He fought extensively for the Roman Empire in
North Africa when he was in his twenties, defeating armies that other Romans had failed
to conquer.  Amazingly, and testament to his skill, he never lost a single
battle.

He also fought in numerous wars for control of
provinces within the Empire and, on two occasions, marched on Rome itself.  He won the
Grass Crown, the Roman equivalent of the Congressional Medal of Honor and the highest
award given at that time, for his bravery in battle.  He was also very clever and
masterful politically, maneuvering himself into command positions, and at some points,
usurping unfriendly or dangerous governments and making alliances with
others.

In 82 B.C. he was appointed as dictator of the
empire.  This hadn't happened before except in emergencies, so his being chosen as sole
dictator was seen later as a legal precedent for Julius Caesar taking the
throne.

calculate the slope of the line 50x + 25y - 5 = 0

50x+25y-5=0

If you put this
problem into slope-intercept form (y=mx+b) you will have the slope of your
equation.

Start by adding five to both
sides.

50x+25y=5

Then subtract
50x to both sides. Now your problem is in the correct format, but 'y' isn't alone
yet.

25y=-50x+5

Divide both
sides of the equation by
25.

y=(50/-25)x+5/25

Fifty
divided by negative twenty-five is -2 because the negative sign is interchangeable in
fractions. This number is in the "m" spot of y=mx+b. Therefore, negative two is your
slope because b is your y-intercept, and x and y are your
variables.

in Chapter 8, how does Nick leave Gatsby?F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby

Nick's departure from Jay Gatsby in Fitzgerald's
The Great Gatsby is that of an epiphany.  For Nick, the unreliable
narrator of the novel, who waivers in his opinions of the main characters, finally
realizes that Gatsby is the only truly genuine one of
all:

"They're
a rotten crowd....You're worth the whole damn bunch put
together."

That Nick is an
unreliable narrator is evident in many parts of the narrative.  For instance, while Nick
has been critical of Jordan Baker's amorality and her having cheated in a tournament,
he, nonetheless, dates her and considers a serious relationship until he senses his loss
of innocence and youth on his thirtieth birthday.  In his association with the
Buchanans, Nick has disdain for Tom's racist views, his careless immorality, and his
cruelty to Myrtle Wilson; yet, he is somewhat impressed with him, saying
wistfully,

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"...while we were never intimate, I always had
the impression that he approved of
me."

Early in Fitzgerald's
novel, Nick Carraway seeks to establish himself as a calm observer who is "inclined to
reserve all judgments"; yet, ironically he becomes very involved in the lives of those
he says he merely observes.  In this involvement, Nick comes to the realization that the
only truly genuine character is Gatsby, who remains true to his idealized love of
Daisy.  For this reason, Nick calls out to him, praising him.  But, afterwards, his
comment is ironic:

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"I have always been glad that I said that.  It
was the only compliment I ever gave him because I disapproved of him from beginning to
end." 

Having disapproved of
Gatsby "from beginning to end" certainly contradicts Nick's declaration of reserve of
judgment from the early chapter, but it does indicate his epiphany about Gatsby's
genuine--albeit tragic--nature. And, it establishes the unrelaible Nick as actually the
moral center of the novel.

What connections exist between the narrator of “The Cask of Amontillado”and “The Black Cat”? What differences Explain significance of both.

In both "The Cask of Amontillado" and "The Black Cat,"
Edgar Allan Poe wrote using first person narration.  In addition, the narrator or each
story commits murder, as well as walling in the victim.  The narrator in each story
appears to suffer from a mental imbalance of illness of some kind and also shows little
or no remorse for having killed someone he knows (and loves, in "The Black Cat").  Each
narrator is more obsessed with the details involved with committing the crime than the
actual reality of having murdered a person.

The connections
between these two narrators allow the reader to recognize the similarity of two of the
author's works, which reveal a commonness of theme and other literary elements that
exist in Poe's writings.  An awareness of the similarities between the two stories
causes the reader to also be able to easily identify differences between the two, much
like a dramatic foil highlights characteristics in its
opposite.

There are differences between the narrators,
however.  For example, the narrator of "The Black Cat" expresses no real reaction to
having murdered his wife, other than the need to conceal her body.  The narrator of "The
Cask of Amontillado," though, taunts Fortunato when he begs for mercy and, when
Fortunato does not respond to the narrator's calls, Montresor says his "heart grew
sick."  Another difference is that Montresor seems to be able to walk away from the
catacombs without thinking about what he has done, while the narrator of "The Black Cat"
is tormented by what he has done, since he is obsessed with thoughts of the black
cat.

What is meant by lower class boy and middle class measuring rod?

This was a phrase that was coined by Albert K. Cohen in
his 1955 publication Delinquent Boys. In that work, Cohen examined
subculture theories as they related to criminality and delinquency. He studied young men
who lived in economically disadvantaged neighborhoods but who were judged by standards
used to judge more affluent groups of young men in higher socioeconomic classes. Critics
of this study argued that you were not comparing apples to apples, so to
speak.

In other words, when people come from different
socioeconomic backgrounds, it is impossible to determine similar causes of delinquency
because the individuals have access to very different levels of economic support. Lack
of money for some individuals is a determining factor for delinquency and further
criminality.

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Please give me a ready made speech on the Anne Frank as a writer.

I'm reasonably certain no one on this site is going to do
this for you, and there are two reasons for that.  One, it's important--especially in a
speech--for you to speak from some experience and understanding.  In other words, to
speak effectively, you must speak what you know and believe to be
true.  Second, this is a broad subject and I have to wonder if any such "ready-made"
speech even exists, though people have certainly written a lot about The Diary
of Anne Frank.

Instead, let me give you a few
ideas from which you can write your own speech.  Every good speech is well organized and
well supported with examples which prove your points.  So, decide what two or three
things (depending on how long the speech is supposed to be) you think are most
noticeable or recognizable or worst or interesting or whatever else about her writing. 
Write a clear thesis (purpose) statement including those two or three points.  Then,
prove it, using some examples from your reading and observation for each point.  From
there, you have the makings of a speech.

For example, one
quality of Anne Frank's writing is that she is honest.  We know that because she shares
everything she thinks and feels, and some of it is not very flattering.  Because she
includes __________ and _________ and__________, we trust her as an honest, reliable
writer.  (You fill in the blanks with some examples, and you've made your
argument.)

The only other element to consider, then, is
what to do for the intro and conclusion.  I assume your teacher has talked with you
about the variety of ways to capture an audience's interest and how to summarize and
conclude effectively.  In this case, perhaps you can choose a short passage of her
writing which seems applicable, using part of it at the beginning and finishing it in
the conclusion.

Below I've included a link to some critical
articles which might give you more insights on Anne Frank's writing style to help get
you started.

Best wishes as you complete this
assignment!

Explain the probable allusion in the line "the minister and she would need the whole wide world to breathe in" from The Scarlet Letter.

This quote is from chapter 16, in which Hester is trying
to meet with Dimmesdale to warn him about Roger Chillingworth. The entire
quote:

But,
partly that she dreaded the secret or undisguised interference of old Roger
Chillingworth, and partly that her conscious heart imputed suspicion where none could
have been felt, and partly that both the minister and she would need the whole wide
world to breathe in, while they talked together,—for all these reasons, Hester never
thought of meeting him in any narrower privacy than beneath the open
sky.

The part to which you
refer means that Hester needs to meet with Dimmesdale outside, in the open sky, because
it is too risky for her to meet with him in his study. Nobody would have suspected their
relationship because he is a minister, and if she visited him in his study, people would
have just figured she was in need of counseling. Chillingworth, on the other hand,
suspected that Dimmesdale was the father of Hester’s child, Pearl, so Hester did not
want to risk anything by visiting Dimmesdale in his
study.

I think there is a deeper meaning to that sentence
as well. In the tight little world inhabited by Hester and Dimmesdale, that closed up
world of Puritan society, the judgmental nature of the people suffocated Hester and
Dimmesdale. They could never declare their love. They had committed adultery, had a
child, lied about it – all sorts of sinful behavior in Puritan society. They could never
be free as long as they lived amidst this environment. So, the only place they would be
able to breathe would be the whole wide world, meaning a larger environment, an
environment that was free. Someplace other than Massachusetts in 1640. I think the
allusion is to another place, the world outside of Puritan New
England.

Is this conditional statement true? If 3 points form the vertices of a triangle, then they lie in the same plane.

It is true.

A plane requires
a minimum of 3 points. It is always a truth. Any 3 points detrmine a unique
plane.

Given a point  (say its cooerdinates say 2 dimension
or 3 dimensio or higher ), it is unique.

Given  two points
(the coordinates or location  of 2 points) , they determine a unique straight
line.

And like that given 3 points in silid geometry, they
detrmine a unique plane.

So the 3 vertices of a triangle
are always in a plane. Or Any 3 points in space are aways  form a plane or they are
coplanar.

Any four points need not be
coplanar.

I have to provide two examples of both personification and metaphors for a writing assignment for the The Magician's Nephew. Please help.

METAPHOR - in chapter 1, Digory tells Polly he is crying
because he has been "brought up in a beastly hole like this" - he is referring to
London.

PERSONIFICATION - in chapter 1, Digory tells Polly
that he is freaked out by "Uncle Andrew's step" that comes creeping up the passageway" -
this is giving life to the step

PERSONIFICATION - in
chapter 1, when Digory and Polly find themselves in Uncle Andrew's study, Polly's "heart
came into her mouth" - a way of saying that she was frightened, but a heart cannot come
into one's mouth really

METAPHOR - When Uncle Andrew tells
Digory he must go to the "Other" place with a green ring to bring Polly back, Digory
realizes "the trap he is in" - he is not literally in a trap, but this metaphor means he
has no choice - he must go to save Polly

What are 5 phrases or descriptions that identify the setting of Lord of the Flies?In what ways does the setting influence the characters’...

Read as an allegory, the island setting of William
Golding's Lord of the Flies can be perceived as a type of Eden. 
Upon his arrival, Ralph looks around him:

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Here at last was the imagined but never fully
realized place leaping into real
life.

Upon discovering the
conch, Piggy instructs Ralph about blowing into the
shell:

Ralph
grasped the idea and hit the shell with air from his diaphragm.  Immediately the thing
sounded.  A deep, harsh note boomed under the palms, spread through the intricacies of
the forest and echoed back from the pink granite of the mountin.  Clouds of birds rose
from the tree-tops and something squealed and ran in the
undergrowth.

As the boys
begin to explore the island,

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The three boys walked briskly on the sand.  The
tide was low and there was a strip of weed-strewn beach that was almost as firm as
road.  A kind of glamour was spread over them and the scene and they were conscious of
the glamour and made happy by it....

Now towared the end of
the afternoon, the mirages were settling a little.  They found the end of the island,
quite distinct, and not magicked out of shape or sense.  There was a jumble of the usual
squareness, with one great block sitting out in the lagoon.  Sea birds were nesting
there.

When the boys try
climbing the mountain, they notice that there is "jungly stuff" and pink
rock:

Some
unknown force had wrenched and shattered these cubes so that they lay askew, often piled
diminishingly on each other.  The most usual feature of the rock was a pink cliff
surmounted by a skewed block; and that again surmounted, and that again, till the
pinkness became a stack of balanced rock projecting through the looped fantasy of the
forest creepers.  Where the pink cliffs rose out of the ground there were often narrow
tracks winding upwards.  They could edge along them, deep in the plant world, their
faces to the rock....Here the roots and stems of creeper were in such tangles that the
obys had to thread through them like pliant
needles.

The primitive island
with its pink granite and creepers appears tropical, especially as it is bounded by the
ocean and a lovely lagoon.  The boys are excited as they explore,especially Ralph and
Jack and Simon.  They push over one of the great rocks, and it sounds like "an enraged
monster" as it crashes to the ground.  Ralph declares, "This belongs to us" as he and
the others notice a coral reef and find fruit and a piglet caught in the creepers.  Jack
turns white as he is unable to kill the pig; he tells the others, "I was choosing a
place."

In the first chapter, the boys establish themselves
on a pristine island that is sure to lend itself to adventure, friendship, and
direction.

In the short story "Charles," why does Laurie say that all the other children play with Charles even though they are told not to?We don't have a...

Shirley Jackson is best known for her shocking short story
"The Lottery"; however, one of her most delightful tales is "Charles."  It is the story
of a little terror in the kindergarten class named Charles.  Laurie, a fellow
kindergartner, comes home and tells his parents--with great glee--all about how awful
Charles has been in class each day.  Laurie's parents are afraid their son is picking up
bad habits from Charles, so his mother addresses the issue with the kindergarten teacher
at the PTA meeting--only to discover that Charles is actually Laurie's alter-ego.  The
bad boy was Laurie.

The incident to which you refer is
found about a third of the way through the story; Laurie is recounting his day to his
father:

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“Charles yelled so in school they sent a boy in
from first grade to tell the teacher she had to make Charles keep quiet, and so Charles
had to stay after school. And so all the children stayed to watch
him.

 “What did he do?” I
asked.

“He just sat there,” Laurie said, climbing into his
chair at the table. “Hi, Pop, y’old dust
mop.”

In short, the answer to
your question is that the rest of the kids stayed simply to watch him.  Not very
exciting, especially since their rebellious hero simply sat there and served out his
punishment--this time.