Several years pass in Chapter 21 and between Chapters 23 and 24 in Tale of Two Cities. Why might the author have skipped over years?How does the...

The author might have skipped over years in these chapters
because nothing of significance to the development of the central plot happened during
these times.

In Chapter 21, the first six years of Lucie's
marriage to Charles Darnay are briefly recounted. These are years of peace and
tranquility for the couple; they live "a life of quiet bliss." A child is born to them,
and though another does not survive, they are comforted by the knowledge that he is with
God. Although these years of quiet prosperity and domesticity are overshadowed by the
ominous echo of something bad to come, nothing shocking actually happens during this
time, and so the author skips quickly over these
years.

Three years pass between Chapters 23 and 24. Chapter
23 ends with France in turmoil, but things seem to improve somewhat by the time Chapter
24 begins with events occurring three years later. In the intervening years, not much
happens of significance to the plot as conditions in France calm down, so again, the
author is able to pass over those years while providing little detail as to what
transpired.

The author's method of moving quickly through
these passages of time allows him to advance the central plot without bogging down the
reader with insignificant details. The narrative, set in real history, covers a large
chronological period, and by focusing only on events that are important to his story, he
is able to cover a great many years while sustaining an atmosphere of continuity and
suspense.

"Society and sex roles" Ernestine FriedlWhy is it possible in some societies like the Washo or the Hazda for the sexes to be relatively equal,...

Friedl argues that the reason lies in the division of
public and private realms.  In social orders where males were seen as public figures, or
individuals who had an identity outside of the home, there was a greater sense of social
prestige and a higher propensity to view the private as not as important as the public.
 In social orders where both genders were able to partake in the public, there is
greater sexual equality present.  In the Washo tribe, men and women were able to engage
in the public realm of food production.  Both genders were able to gather food, and both
worked together in this collaborative process.  This is why there were few taboos in the
idea of taking additional lovers after marriage as well as limitations on women's
prestige.  The notion of being able to construct a life outside of the private is
present in the Iroquois Indian tribes, where women were the chief source of political
power and decisions which affected the tribe's future.  Such a conception of public
domain does not apply to women of the Eskimo social order, a realm in which the male is
primarily responsible for bartering trade, hunting food, and the source of all social
and political power.  Friedl argues that men were so vaulted above women that they could
be used as means to economic ends.  If a husband's wife could be used in terms of sexual
procurement to advance a deal, Eskimo culture encouraged the bartering of wives in order
to secure the husband's social and economic ends.  The overarching theme in both
examples is that the glorification of the public realm and who is able to exercise power
within it is what helps to define sexual equality in these social
orders.

Is the following line from one of Shakespeare's works? Quote: The moving finger writes; and, having writ, moves on: nor all thy piety nor wit...

Although most quotes that you can think of tend to come
from Shakespeare or the Bible, it turns out that this line is not from any Shakespeare
work at all.  You can use any of a number of Shakespeare sites where you can search all
of his works and that line is not found.

Where this line
actually does come from is the Rubaiyat, written by the poet Omar Khayyam.  Omar Khayyam
was a poet from what is now Iran but was then called Persia.  Besides being a poet, he
was a mathematician and scientist.  The line you cite comes from Poem #545 in the
Rubaiyat.

In Fahrenheit 451, describe the relationship between Montag and his wife.

Man, is this relationship bad!  I am struck by how
intensely bad, yet seemingly normal the relationship is between Guy and Millie.  I think
that things between them are fine, so long as Status Quo is completely embraced and
never questioned.  When Guy starts to question his own reality and the surrounding
system of which he and Mildred are a part, we begin to see challenge in their
relationship.  Millie wants things to go back to "the way things were," and Guy is
committed to exploring the new consciousness that he has adopted.  At the same time, the
distance that was probably latent between them emerged into a mammoth sized rift between
them.  This distance essentially sees them as married, but really having little
connection, if any.  Guy pursues his own life with his new understanding and Millie
takes an overdose of sleeping pills as her way of "dealing" with hers.  The really
fascinating, and scary, element about their relationship is that as Guy develops as a
character in the novel, we see little in way of emotion about the relationship he shared
with Mildred.  It's almost as if it has been airbrushed out of his emotional memory,
making it a really unhealthy relationship in my mind.  As he pursues his own new
understanding about himself and the world, it seems that this "political" aspiration and
exploration supplants all else, even a relationship in the private.  Montag uses her
overdose as a political element, surmising that there was something odd about the
nonchalant way her caretakers dismissed her actions.  At this, we can see how the
political has subsumed the private in Montag's mind.

How does the theme "superficial relationships" relate to the novel "The Great Gatsby"?please use parts of the book ..thank you!

Most of the relationships in the novel are superficial;
that is, they lack depth of feeling and are based on surface qualities only.  Daisy and
Tom are married because it was expected of both of them to marry someone with money -
which they did by marrying one another.  Their marriage is not based on a deep love for
one another.  That is evident throughout the novel as we hear about Tom's escapades that
started as early as his honeymoon. Much of that is discussed in a conversation between
Jordan and Nick in Chapter 4.  Daisy quickly falls back into a relationship with Gatsby,
and even that pairing has some superficial qualities to it.  Daisy may truly have some
feelings for Jay, but she also wanted to break out of her luxurious, but dull, daily
routine by having an affair.  While Jay wanted her to leave Tom and marry him, she had
no intention of leaving her husband.  It was just an affair to Daisy.  Much of the
evidence of this is seen in Chapter 7.  The relationship between Tom and Myrtle is
purely superficial.  Myrtle is with Tom because he has money and she thinks he can and
will pull her out of her oppressive life above the garage.  Tom is with Myrtle for the
sex and the excitement of having an affair.  Even Nick and Jordan don't have a deep love
for one another; neither is committed to the relationship and neither is very upset when
it ends.  Going beyond romantic relationships, there are superficial qualities in the
connections between people outside of romantic pairs.  The people flock to Gatsby's
parties for what they can get - a fun night with free food, music, and booze.  When
Gatsby dies, not even Klipspringer who, like a leech, lived at Gatsby's house as a
guest, goes to the funeral.  Disgust at all this lack of concern and care for others is
one of the reasons Nick left New York to return to the midwest.

In "Indian Education" by Sherman Alexie, what does the line mean from eighth grade "There is more than one way to starve."?

If you take a look at the text of the eighth grade
portion, Alexie's character was noticing girls at the "white school" he now attended
worked so hard to keep skinny that they would starve themselves on purpose by being
aneorexic. This intentional starving was for the purpose of looking skinny, not a
healthy decision.

Then he commented on the Indian way of
life on the reservation. He reported on the disgusting food choices offered. They had to
stand in great lines to get their ration of really gross canned beef. Although they ate
it, they felt sorry for themselves having to eat
it.

Whereas the girls struggled with their self-image in
terms of beauty, the young Indian boy struggled with his self-image in terms of identity
within society, both among Native Americans and teens in normal junior high and high
school settings. Both of these groups robbed themselves, starved
themselves of truly living life to the fullest.

If you look
at the end of each grade, Alexie reveals a truth about Native Americans for both the
Native American and the other American to think about. I think this one here is
insinuating that we all have struggles, we all have problems. That's where he gets the
"There's more than one way" portion of the statement.

What is Impressionism and is Joseph Conrad an impressionist? Give textual evidence from Heart of Darkness.

Impressionism was originally an artistic rather than a
literary movement. It was based on the nature of perception, specifically the knowledge
that we do not actually see objects, but rather see light falling on objects that is
reflected to our eyes. Thus impressionists focused on portraying the light that
impresses itself on our eyes rather than reconstructing the object per
se. The symbolist poets sometimes were described as impressionists because,
in opposition to the realist movement, they believed that we do not experience external
events directly but instead as mediated through our senses and sensibilities. Thus poets
such as Rimbaud were concerned with the nature of sensation, of trying to describe
emotional impressions, rather than to create vivid approximations of an external
world. 

Perhaps the most prototypically impressionist
novelist, in the strict sense of the term, was Huysman, whose A
Rebours focuses on an aesthete concerned with this specific problem of
maximizing certain types of sensation in his life. While certain recent genre theorists
have discussed Heart of Darkness as an impressionistic novel,
stylistically it is far closer to German Expressionist work than to the refined urban
sensibilities of the French fin de siecle poets and their imitators
(such as Arthur Symons, whose poetry and criticism were seminal in the use of
"impressionism" as a literary term). In some ways, Heart of
Darkness has almost Gothic characteristics in its exotic locale and
atmosphere of horror. Simply expressing the interior thoughts of characters does not
make a writer an impressionist, as that is a feature common to almost all
novelists. 

Ian Watts's position that Conrad was an
impressionistic writer uses the term somewhat ahistorically, not referencing
Impressionism within its literary or artistic context, but rather referring to Hume's
philosophical concept of impressions and labeling works focused on the interior states
of characters, such as those of Conrad and Virginia Wolfe, as impressionistic, as
opposed to realistic novels that focused on the external world.

How does Browning use literary and poetic techniques, in "My Last Duchess" and "Porphyria's Lover" to effectively convey his views and ideas?

Numerous answers to your question could be given.  Far too
many for a short-answer format such as this, in fact.  I'll give one
answer.

Browning's use of a first-person
speaker in both poems allows characterization
to be revealed about those speakers.  The speakers indirectly condemn
themselves, at least from a reader's point of view.

In
"Duchess," the speaker's pomposity, arrogance, self-importance, and egocentricity are
revealed by the speaker's words.  When he lists people and actions and animals and bits
of nature (imagery) that brought joy to his deceased wife,
and lists these as the behaviors she exhibited that led him to order her to be killed,
he reveals his true nature and personality.  This allows the reader to "discover" the
Duke's personality and character, and draw his/her own conclusions.  The
dramatic monologue form, including the silent listener (a
representative of the father of the Duke's new fiance who, in effect, is being
threatened by the Duke), provides the occasion for the Duke to indirectly reveal
himself.  The listener's silence, of course, also reflects the Duke's personality--he's
not one to let others talk.  His ideas are the only ones that
count.

In "Lover," the first-person speaker
reveals his personality (characterization)
in much the same way.  Again, the speaker is unaware of the reaction a reader will have
to his narrative.  He describes a moment of beauty and purity.  As he explains the
moment of Porphyria's true and pure love, and how he captures it and maintains it, he
inadvertently reveals his warped and egocentric mind.  Porphyria brings to the scene
peace and calm and love and purity, and the speaker sees his act as in line with peace
and calm and love and purity.  She dies, he is sure, without pain.  Pain would destroy
the moment, so he refuses to accept or acknowledge it.  He reveals his deranged
mind.

First-person speakers allow Browning to reveal
characterization indirectly through unaware narrators.  First-person speakers allow
Browning to let the speakers condemn themselves, and to let readers discover that for
themselves.

Solve the equation (3+2sqrt2)^x + (3-2sqrt2)^x=34

The given equation is an exponential equation and we'll
solve it using the substitution technique.

We notice that
(3+2sqrt2)*(3-2sqrt2) = 3^2 -
(2sqr2)^2

(3+2sqrt2)*(3-2sqrt2) = 9 -
4*2

(3+2sqrt2)*(3-2sqrt2) = 9 -
8

(3+2sqrt2)*(3-2sqrt2) =
1

We'll raise to x power both
sides:

[(3+2sqrt2)*(3-2sqrt2)]^x =
1^x

(3+2sqrt2)^x*(3-2sqrt2)^x =
1

(3+2sqrt2)^x = 1 /
(3-2sqrt2)^x

We'll note (3+2sqrt2)^x =
t

t = 1 /
(3-2sqrt2)^x

(3-2sqrt2)^x =
1/t

We'll substitute in the given
equation:

t + 1/t = 34

t^2 + 1
- 34t = 0

t^2  - 34t + 1 =
0

We'll apply the quadratic
formula:

t1 =
(34+sqrt1152)/2

t1 =
(34+24sqrt2)/2

t1 = 17 +
12sqrt2

t2 = 17 -
12sqrt2

(3+2sqrt2)^x = 17 +
12sqrt2

lg (3+2sqrt2)^x = lg (17 +
12sqrt2)

x*lg (3+2sqrt2) = lg (17 +
12sqrt2)

x1 = lg (17 + 12sqrt2) / lg
(3+2sqrt2)

x2 = lg (17 - 12sqrt2) / lg
(3+2sqrt2)

How is the society in Fahrenheit 451 like a centrifuge?In Part II of Fahrenheit 451, Faber tells Guy Montag: "Let the war turn off the families....

Given the metaphorical nature of the quotation, I think
that you can wind up with many different reads of it.  In my mind, Faber's quote relates
to the idea that there is a machine, an "invisible hand" if you will, that drives the
social configuration.  This force is something that lies outside the control of specific
and isolated individuals.  When Faber argues that the civilization "is flinging itself
to pieces," it reflects the fact that the machine that drives the social order is
operating out of control, akin to a runaway train.  The idea of trying to repress
individual identity, forcing the mode of social conformity down everyone's throats at
all particular moments and interests, is a reality that helps to bring to light the idea
that the machine driving the society is one that is operating at a high velocity, yet
without direction or purpose.  It is one that is on the move, yet going nowhere.  The
result is that as individuals recognize this, the machine moves even faster, trying to
bring more in its path into its own recognition.  This results in a fragmented state,
one in which individuals have to recognize that things will get more harrowing before
they improve.  This might be where the notion of "Stand back from the centrifuge"
enters.

How old was S. E. Hinton when she wrote The Outsiders?

Susan E. Hinton was all of 15 years old when she completed
writing her groundsbreaking teen novel, The Outsiders. Susan was a
sophomore at Tulsa, Oklahoma's Will Rogers High School when she began work on the novel.
Her father, Grady, was suffering from a brain tumor and, according to her
mother,

...
the more ill her husband became, the harder Hinton worked on her
writing.

Susan's father died
during her junior year at Will Rogers, the same year she finished the book. After four
drafts of the novel, Susan still had no hope of The Outsiders ever
being published; however, she apparently allowed a friend's mother--a writer of
children's books--to read it, and the woman steered Susan toward an agent in New York.
The book was published during her freshman year of college, and it was decided to use
only her initials: Publishers believed that male readers would not accept the reality of
the novel if they knew it was written by a woman.

Why is Mrs. Merriweather a hypocrite in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Scout is spending the afternoon with Aunt Alexandra while
Jem is teaching Dill how to swim. Scout considers being with Aunt Alexandra being a
lady, so she spends the afternoon with the church ladies that have come over. Scout
helps Cal bring the dishes out, but Aunt Alexandra asks Scout to stay with them. Scout
listens as the ladies talk and gossip about the town. When Mrs. Merriweather starts
talking about how one must forgive and forget, Scout thinks at first she is talking
Mayella Ewell, but she soon finds out she is talking about Helen
Robinson.

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Mrs. Merriweather turned back to her neighbor.
"There's one thing I truly believe, Gertrude," she continued, "but some people just
don't see it my way. If we just let them know we forgive 'em, that we've forgotten it,
then this whole thing'll blow
over."

Everyone thinks that
Mrs. Merriweather is a wonderful Christian woman, but in all reality she is a nasty
judgmental woman. What Mrs. Merriweather is saying is that the women should tell Helen
Robinson that the town forgives and forgets what Tom supposedly did. She is a
narrow-minded woman and someone needs to put her in her place, and Scout is just the
person to do it.

Out of all of my summer work i dont understand graphing...can somwone please help???x;-2

Let us divide your
question:

We have the equation let us say Y such
that:

y = x    when x values between -2 and
0

Now let us substitute with -2 and 0 fopr y
values:

x = -2 ==> y = -2   Then we have the
coordinates (-2, -2)

x = 0 ==> y= 0  Then we have
the coordinates (0,0)

Then we draw a line between both
points, We note that we have open interval so we draw emty circle to indicate that 0 and
2 are not in the interval but the values approches
them.

Now for the other
part:

y= x+ 1   when x values between 0 and
4

x= 0 ==> y= 1    Then the coordinate is (0,
1)

x= 4 ==> y= 5  Thenb the coordinate is
(4,5)

So we draw a line between both points with open
intervals at both points.

What are some causes of the Immigration Law?

I think that the previous post was strong in the
assertions made.  I would echo the idea that public scrutiny has led to examination of
immigration policy and law.  At the same time, I think that immigration is a fairly easy
issue for politicians to cling to in order to consolidate their own power and rally
individuals around their various belief systems.  In times of distress, American History
has shown itself to be vulnerable to fear and resentment.  Certainly, this is a part of
the motivation behind the clamor around immigration.  Arizona's measure to demonstrate
toughness on illegal immigration has brought the issue back to the forefront of public
discussion, and even issues that might not be directly connected to it are being
scrutinized with it in mind.  For example, the health care debate merged with the
immigration discussion and different sides were able to "spin" it for their own
purposes.  I would say that the need to examine public policy on immigration has been
injected with emotions and politicizing, which has caused new laws to be
passed.

What does Sor Juana criticize in terms of men's expectations of women with her poem "Redondillas"what is the meaning of this poem?

This is a poem in which the poet is criticizing the double
standard that men have for women.  She is arguing that women can never satisfy men's
expectations.  This is because men seem to want them to be
both the "Madonna" and "the whore."  (I'm referring to the
idea that men see women as either pure like the Virgin Mary or as
whores.)

Throughout the poem, Sor Juana is trying to point
out that men get angry at women if the women will not agree to have sex with them.  But
if the women do agree, then the men lose respect for them and say that they are impure. 
Sor Juana also argues that men have created an ideology in which their sins are ignored
while those of women are exaggerated.  For example, she asks who is more sinful -- the
woman who sins for money (a prostitute) or the man who pays her.

What is the mood and theme of the story "The Necklace?"

The theme of the story The Necklace is dissatisfaction and
ambition gone awry due to the need to appear to be someone (or something) that you are
not.

Mdme Loisel is a woman who could live comfortably if
only she were less ambitious and irrational in what she claims to be
"happiness".

When an invitation to a party arrives, rather
than being considerate and rational, Mdme Loisel complaint about not having enough nice
clothes and jewels with which to impress those attending. After borrowing a very glitsy
necklace from a friend, she finally looks as regal and rich as she wants, and shines at
the party. When she realizes she loses the necklace, she works hard to the point of
poverty to replace it. In the end, the necklace, just like the ambition of Mdme Loisel
ended up being a fake.

The mood in the narrative is of
depression and negativity with the whining and complaining of Mdme Loisel and the
desperation in which she fell afterwards when she ended up in deep poverty trying to pay
for what she thought was a real diamond necklace. In the end, when we find out that the
necklace was a fake, the mood is cruel, sad, and almost despairing. It is not a happy
reading, but is a very good one.

How does Harper Lee bring out different aspects of Atticus?

I think you could answer this question by looking at the
different "roles" we see Atticus in.

1. Father:
   consider how he treats his children when he deals directly with father-children
   lessons.  He does not treat them like children in the way he talks to them, but he also
   does not let them see him worry or struggle with adult
   problems.


2. Brother: when Aunt Alexandra (and Uncle Jack)
   Scout talks about "overhearing" conversations (which she frequently isn't giving the
   complete truth of the situation as a result).  Nevertheless, when he is dealing with his
   brother and sister, he acts very differently than he does with his
   children.


3. Neighbor: consider his attitude toward Mrs.
   Dubose.  Also consider how he acts around his lifelong friend Miss Maudie.  Both very
   different from Atticus as father, but also very different from each
   other.


4. Lawyer: Scout and Jem see a completely new side of
   their father in the Tom Robinson trial.  For Jem, this solidifies his admiration.  For
   Scout, who is younger, she has mixed emotions of fear, pride, and
   confusion.

Through the different roles Atticus
plays, and Scout's observations of these roles, the reader gets to see many different
aspects of Atticus' character.

find the integral: 1. [x - (5/x) -e ^-2x]dx 2. (-sinx / cosx)dx 3. (2t - 9)^4 dt 4. (6x - 10) / (x^2 - 2x -3) dxfor equation 4...

Because the 4th integral is more elaborated, I''ll start
by solving it:

We notice that if we note the
denominator

x^2 - 2x -3 = t => (2x-2)dx =
dt

The numerator of the ratio is 6x -
10.

The numerator could be written
as:

6x - 10 = 2x-2 + 4x-8

The
ratio will be written:

(6x - 10) / (x^2 - 2x
-3)=(2x-2)/(x^2 - 2x -3)+(4x-8)/(x^2 - 2x -3)

Int(6x - 10)
dx/ (x^2 - 2x -3)=Int(2x-2)dx/(x^2 - 2x -3)+Int(4x-8)dx/(x^2 - 2x
-3)

We'll solve Int(2x-2)dx/(x^2 - 2x
-3)

Int(2x-2)dx/(x^2 - 2x -3) = Int dt/t = ln t +
C

Int(2x-2)dx/(x^2 - 2x -3) = ln (x^2 - 2x
-3) + C

We'll solve Int(4x-8)dx/(x^2 - 2x
-3).

Int(4x-8)dx/(x^2 - 2x -3) = ln (x^2 - 2x -3) -4 Int
dx/(x^2 - 2x -3)

We'll solve Intdx/(x^2 - 2x
-3)

We'll write the denominator as a product of linear
factors.

The roots of the equation x^2 - 2x -3 = 0
are:

x1+x2 = -2

x1*x2 =
-3

x1 = -3 and x2 = 1

The
equation will be written:

 x^2 - 2x -3 = (x-x1)(x-x2) =
(x+3)(x-1)

Now, we'll write the
ratio:

1/ (x^2 - 2x -3) =
1/(x+3)(x-1)

as a sum of simple
irreducible ratios.

1/(x+3)(x-1) = a/(x+3) +
b/(x-1)

1 = a(x-1) +
b(x+3)

We'll remove the
brackets:

1 = ax - a + bx +
3b

We'll combine like terms:

1
= x(a+b) + 3b-a

a+b = 0 => -a =
b

3b-a = 1 => 3b+b = 1 => 4b = 1 =>
b = 1/4 => a =
-1/4

1/(x+3)(x-1) = -1/4(x+3) +
1/4(x-1)

Int dx/(x+3)(x-1) = (-1/4)*Int dx/(x+3) +
(1/4)*Intdx/(x-1)

Int dx/(x+3) = ln (x+3) +
C

Intdx/(x-1) = ln (x-1) +
C

Int dx/(x+3)(x-1) = (1/4)[ln (x-1) -  ln (x+3)] +
C

Int dx/(x+3)(x-1) = (1/4)*ln [(x-1)/(x+3)]  +
C

Int dx/(x+3)(x-1) = ln [(x-1)/(x+3)] +
C

The result of integral
is:

Int (6x - 10) dx/ (x^2 - 2x -3) = 3ln (x^2 - 2x -3) -
ln [(x-1)/(x+3)] + C

Int (6x - 10) dx/ (x^2 -
2x -3) = ln [(x+3)*(x^2 - 2x -3)^3/(x-1)] + C

What is your impression of Cassius, the protangonist, or main character who drives the action in Act 1?By the end of act 1, what steps has he taken...

Cassius loves money. He is a miser. His quarrel with
Brutus in Act 4, Scene 3 erupts because he failed to send Brutus the money he needed to
pay his troops. Brutus says:

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Let me tell you, Cassius, you
yourself
Are much condemn'd to have an itching
palm,

When the two men have
vented all the angry feelings, Brutus calls for a bowl of wine to share with Cassius.
Cassius shows his greedy character when he says:

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My heart is thirsty for that noble
pledge.
Fill, Lucius, till the wine o'erswell the cup;
I cannot
drink too much of Brutus'
love.

This is a universal
trait of misers. They are freeloaders. Cassius cannot drink too much of Brutus' love--or
drink too much of his wine, either! Brutus undoubtedly provides better wine than Cassius
ever buys for his own consumption. 

Caesar tells Antony in
Act 1, Scene 2:

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Let me have men about me that are
fat,
Sleek-headed men, and such as sleep o' nights:
Yond Cassius has
a lean and hungry look;
He thinks too much; such men are
dangerous.

Another revealing
trait of misers is that they are typically lean and hungry looking. This is because they
hate to spend money even on buying food for themselves. No doubt everybody in Cassius'
household, especially the slaves, looks equally lean and hungry. When Cassius invites
Casca to supper, Casca obviously doesn't want to come. He has been there before and
knows what kind of supper he can expect: some bread and cheese and bitter-tasting wine.
Then when Cassius invites him to dinner, Casca sees he can't get out of it and replies,
very rudely:

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Ay, if I be alive, and your mind hold, and your
dinner
worth the
eating.

These men have known
each other since their school days. When Casca says, "...and your dinner worth the
eating" he really means it. It is noteworthy that Cassius, who is anxious to talk to
Casca alone, first invites him to supper. This is a light evening meal which wouldn't
cost Cassius much to serve. When Casca turns him down, Cassius, being a miser, thinks he
must spend a little more and provide a whole dinner. The fact is that Casca doesn't
really want to come at all. People like Brutus, but they dislike Cassius for obvious
reasons, including the fact that he has a terrible temper. This is why Cassius needs
Brutus to act as leader of the conspiracy.

How do you think the Thanes around the table are feeling after Macbeth's outburst and Lady Macbeth's hasty dismissal of them in Macbeth?

Macbeth's strange behavior is explained away by Lady
Macbeth,"...My lord is often thus,/And hath been from his
youth."

Since the murder of King Duncan, strange things
have been happening.  In Act II, scene 4, a seventy year old man tells Ross that never
in his long life has he seen so many unnatural happenings like an owl killing a falcon,
heavy darkness when it should be day, and the unnatural behavior of Duncan's horses. 
"Tis said they ate each other."

Since it seems to be a time
of odd behavior, Macbeth's odd behavior seems to be just part of a litany of strange
happenings.  Lady Macbeth's explanation fits right into the current
pattern.

Another thing to remember when reading the scene
is who is Macbeth talking to and just how much of it is meant to be heard by the
gathered thanes.  For example is he talking to them when he talks about blood being
shed?  He could be "talking to himself" as it were and Lady Macbeth brings him back to
the group and the toast.

These are all men who have been to
war and perhaps have demons of their own that haunt them.  Kind of like Scottish battle
fatigue.

Do these thanes begin to suspect things aren't
what appear to be?  Probably, since this as a time full of fear and suspicion.  With
constant warfare, alliances often shifted.  The Thane of Cawdor's defection is a good
example of this.  Who do you trust?

Find the sum of all integers wich are divisible by 7 and lying between 50 and 500.

Let's verify which are the integers divisible by seven,
located between 50 and 500.

Between 50 and 60 is the number
56

Between 60 and 70 is the number 63 and
70

Between 70 and 80 is 77

And
so on...

Between 490 and 500 is
497

The sum we have to calculate is
:

S = 56 + 63 + 70 + ...... +
497

We do not know the number of terms in this sum, but we
notice that the terms of the sum is the terms of an arithmetical series, whose the first
term is a1 = 56 and the common difference is d = 7.

The
numbers of term os the sum is n and the last term, an 
=497.

Let's apply the formula of the general termof an
a.s.

an = a1 + (n-1)*d

497 =
56 + (n-1)*7

We'll remove the
brackets:

497 = 56 + 7n -
7

We'll move like terms to the left side and we'll isolate
n to the right side:

497-56+7 =
7n

448 = 7n

n =
64

So, the number of terms in the sum is
64.

S64 = (a1 + a64)*64/2

S64
= (56+497)*64/2

S64 =
553*32

S64 =
17696

How is Hassan's reaction to the story a metaphor for Amir's life?It's talking about Amir's first story.

While Hassan does indeed praise Amir for his story, he
also points out a significant plot hole in it.  He asks why the main character didn't
just smell onions to get himself to cry (instead of killing his wife).  Amir recognizes
the logic behind Hassan's question, but he doesn't appreciate being questioned by an
"inferior" Hazara.

Hassan's positive reaction to Amir's
story represents his infatigable loyalty to Amir, even after Amir's betrayal of him in
Chapter 7.

Hassan's questioning Amir serves as a theme of
Amir's being adverse to criticism, but it also represents that while Hassan seems to
always look for the most logical and least harmful solution to problems, Amir is willing
to take the quickest route to reach his goals--even if it means hurting those around
him.

When and where was Islam founded?

Islam religion was founded by Prophet Muhammad (about 570
A.D.- ) who was born in Mecca in A.D. 600's. He began to preach his his ideas to people
of Mecca around 610 A.D. Initially encountered lot of opposition, particularly the rich
and powerful, but slowly his following began to grow. Still there was strong opposition
to his activities and his follower, and in 622 A.D. he was forced to flee to Medina
along with his supporters.

Prophet Muhammad already had
some supporters in Medina, and he continued his activities for spreading Islam fro
there. By 630 A.D. he had gained enough strength to return to Mecca as a victor. People
of Mecca then accepted Him as a prophet and became his followers. From Mecca and Medina
Islam Quickly spread towards Middle East. Prophet Muhammad died in 632 A.D. but with the
efforts of his followers Islam continued to spread.

What are the main features of the Renaissance ?

The French word renaissance means
"rebirth."  The Renaissance was a period in which artists and writers rejected the
restrictions of the Middle Ages in order to develop new ideals, enthusiasm, and
interests; most notably, there was a Revival of Learning, a new thirst for knowledge and
enjoyment in knowledge.  The results of this "rebirth" were a widespread study of art
and literature, as well as a delving into the mysteries of the natural
world.

The Renaissance did not so much result in a change
in subjects of study as it did in establishing a new viewpoint from which well-known
facts may be considered.  Humanism arose as did a devotion to Greek and Latin studies in
a perfect form, rejecting the "dog-Latin" of the Middle Ages. Painters sought to capture
real people rather than general types and individual personalities rather than universal
human traits. Extending to all parts of Europe, the Renaissance brought new arts such as
printing, new geographical discoveries, and cultivation of trade by
sea. 

In fact, the spirit of the Renaissance was above all
secular as the Renaissance scholar was more concerned with form than content--for
example, the correct use of words, the purification of style, the restoration of
classical languages.

What is ironic about Pip and Herbert's discussion in Chapter 41 of Great Expectations by Charles Dickens?

In Chapter XLI of Great Expectations,
there are a couple of incidences of irony.  For one, when Pip declares to Herbert that
he can no longer accept money from his benefactor now that he knows what and who he is,
Pip states that the only thing that he knows he can do to earn money is to become a
soldier.  But, Herbert suggests,

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"You would be infinitely better at
Clariker's house, small as it is.  I am working up toward a partnership, as you
know."

Pip, then,
remarks,

Poor
fellow!  He little suspected with whose
money.

The suggestion of
Herbert's is ironic since it has been Pip himself who has procured the position for
Herbert with a monetary gift from Miss Havisham.  Now, Herbert wants to give Pip a
position.

In another instance, as Pip and Herbert both feel
aversion towards the old convict, they discuss what plans Pip can make to be free of
him.  While they consider this dilemma, ironically, the old goodness of Pip emerges in
the midst of his antipathy for Provis and he cannot simply allow Provis to "throw away"
his life if Pip rejects him.  So, they seek a plan that will be safe for
Provis.

Finally, when the old convict makes Herbert swear
to hold secret what he is about to reveal, he makes Herbert hold a Bible which,
ironically, he carries with him.  Again, there is the blending of good and evil in this
situation as there is in the first example.

What is the difference in a "goiter" and a thyroid cyst?

Saying that someone has a goiter is the same thing as
saying that they have an abnormally enlarged thyroid gland. This does not necessarily
mean that the thyroid gland is not performing properly. For example, it may make too
little hormone, too much hormone, or the right amount of hormone. The most common cause
of a goiter is when people do not have enough iodine in their diet. In addition, thyroid
nodules may cause goiter (multinodular goiter).

A thyroid
cyst is different. A thyroid cyst is a thyroid nodule that is filled with fluid, such as
blood. Sometimes these cysts have some solid material in them as well and these cysts
are called complex cysts. Most of the time they are very small but they can become large
enough that they can bee seen on the neck.

What would be a different ending for Speak that is not the movie?

Although they are not entirely different endings, one
could easily expand upon what is shown in either the novel or the movie of Speak. In
many ways, some readers feel the story is left somewhat incomplete; although Melinda
does gain her voice again and uses it to expose Andy as the "beast" that he is, her
resolution is only just beginning at the end of
the story.

One of the ways you could explore these
alternative endings would be to show what happens to various characters as a result of
the novel's ending. What happens to Melinda following her freshman year? What does the
rest of high school hold for her? How relevant are her art and Mr. Freeman in her
on-going healing process? What becomes of Andy? What repercussions occur as the result
of his actions? Are they legal repercussions, social consequences,
etc.?

What items/animals could represent Hester Prynne, Dimmesdale, or Chillingsworth?

What an interesting question. I'll answer with animals.
Hester is a brave, loving and loyal woman, so I would choose a lion for her. Dimmesdale
is a weak, cowardly man who poses as a man of God, but cannot admit his own sin. He
hides behind his vocation as a minister while letting Hester bear the brunt for their
shared sin, so I would choose an animal for him that is nocturnal - like a possum or a
raccoon or maybe even a mole. Chillingsworth is an evil, plotting and vengeful man. He
pretends to be something he is not, and he is also consumed with revenge, so I would
choose a wolf for him, or perhaps a jackal or hyena.

How does the characteristic "trust" affect a person's ability to work with clients?social work

Social work is dependent on trust.  It is elemental to any
advancement because social work forces individuals to work with others on a profound
emotional level where some level of resistance is present at the outset.  The ability to
trust another is what allows bonds to be formed and allows progress to be made.  If
trust is not present, there is a greater chance that individuals will not be able to
surrender a part of their own identity in the hopes of making something more collective
or more communitarian.  The notion of individual sacrifice is only possible through
trust, through the idea that individuals will be able to sacrifice a part of their own
comfort for the sake of something outside of it or something larger than themselves, is
only able to be undertaken with the element of trust present.

How do each of the character's physical characteristics represent his or her personality?

I can think of a couple ways that the characters'
personalities are reflected in their physical
characteristics.

Julia, first of all, is a very fit,
healthy-looking, and youthful woman, which is probably a strong reflection of her vital
personality and great inner strength. On the other hand, her appearance of strength can
be misleading. In fact, Winston at first believes that Julia is perfectly happy with her
life in a society controlled by the Party and Big
Brother.

Winston, on the other hand, is much less
physically fit than Julia. In fact, he is plagued by various health concerns, and is of
relatively small stature. This probably reflects his helplessness against the Party, and
contrasts his emotional and mental weakness against Julia's strength, which allows her
to set up a very convincing facade of contentment while at the same time she manages to
enjoy the pleasures forbidden by the Party.

O' Brien's
strong, solid appearance also probably reflects his authoritarian persona. His physical
appearance also seems to have belied his true personality, however, because Winston at
first believes that O'Brien is a man who can be trusted and looks to him as a leader.
However, as it turns out, O'Brien was not to be trusted, and in fact was an important
figure in the Party.

In The Kite Runner, does Ali know that Hassan is not his son?

Chapter 18 gives readers further insight into the issue. 
After Amir leaves Rahim Khan's apartment, he angrily processes the information he's just
learned and reflects on his past life from a different
perspective:

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The questions kept coming at me: How had Baba
brought himself to look Ali in the eye?  How had Ali lived in that house, day in and day
out, knowing he had been dishonored by his master in the single worst way an Afghan man
can be dishonored? 

Though
Rahim Khan does not directly tell Amir that Ali knew Hassan wasn't his son, this passage
shows that, in retrospect, Amir believes that Ali must have known.  While Amir is
completely shocked by the news that Hassan was his brother, he is able to see, in
retrospect, that many signs pointed that way his entire childhood.  (In Chapter 18, Amir
recalls Baba's insistence that he'd never get new servants, his quest to have Hassan's
harelip fixed, and the way in which Baba "had wept, wept, when Ali
announced he and Hassan were leaving us.")

What are the main themes in Nickel and Dimed? What moral or ethical problems are explored in the book?

The subtitle of Nickel and Dimed is
On (Not) Getting By in America.  It is important to note how
Ehrenreich chose to put "not" in parentheses, and that choice on her part is directly
related to her primary theme which is that it is virtually impossible to provide basic
needs for one's self by working one minimum wage job.  While the reality is that most
minimum wage workers are forced into working more than one job to make ends meet,
Ehnrenreich's philosophy is that if the government sets a "minimum" wage, shouldn't that
wage at least be enough for someone to provide his or her basic
necessities?

For the author, her most significant moral
dilemma seems to be when she works for a housekeeping company as a maid.  She finds
herself pondering what makes it okay or moral in America--the land of opportunity--for
one person to have so much that he or she pays another person (who is supposed to be
equal) to scrub one's toilet.  She also struggles when one of her coworkers (from
"Scrubbing in Maine") is malnourished and obviously weak yet refuses to get help. 
Ehrenreich believes that it is not her coworker's choice to keep plodding painfully
through life but that she has an obligation to do something about her coworker's
plight.  She stresses this idea through other examples in the
book.

One thing to be careful of when reading Ehrenreich's
book is that she has an agenda when she sets out on her "experiment"; so you have to
weigh her objectivity cautiously.  An interesting counterargument to Ehrenreich's book
and themes is Adam Shepherd's Scratch Beginnings: Me, $25, and the Search for
the American Dream.  He, too, has an agenda--to prove Ehrenreich wrong; so it
is good to read both and then to decide which you think is a more realistic portrayal of
life in minimum-wage America.

What are other pieces of literature that are similar to The Crucible in terms of theme? Thanks! :)

There are several themes in The
Crucible, which means there are many stories which could be similar in
theme.  One idea which Arthur Miller develops is that of intolerance for sin, among
other things.  A good comparison piece, then, is The Scarlet
Letter, by Nathaniel Hawthorne.  Both are set in the Puritan world, and both
delineate the consequences of intolerance in all
forms.

Another theme is developed in the character of John
Proctor, a man tormented with inner conflict--a good man who sinned;a man who wants to
tell the truth but knows the consequence will be death; a man who loves his wife but had
a casual affair; a prisoner who can save his life but lose his soul by signing his name
to a lie; and more.  Another work in which the main character suffers inner turmoil is,
of course, The Scarlet Letter.  Arthur Dimmesdale is tormented with
inner conflict--a good man who sinned; a man of God who sinned against God; a father who
must not claim his child, or her mother; a man of truth who is living a lie; a man who
is revered by others but reviles himself; and more. 

Choose
a different theme and you'll certainly find even more works for
comparison.

What is "the Angel in the House" in "Professions for Women" by Virginia Woolf?

The phrase "The Angel in the House" was actually the title
of a narrative poem by Coventry Patmore, later appropriated satirically by Virginia
Woolf. Patmore's poem, written about his wife, represents an ideal of femininity as
pure, self-sacrificing, and utterly devoted first to her parents and then to her
husband; Patmore states:

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Man must be pleased; but him to
please

Is woman's pleasure;
...

Woolf argues that this
ideal of self-sacrificing, innocent, and morally pure femininity was as much an obstacle
to women's careers as artists, writers, and professionals as the more obvious forms of
patriarchy and discrimination. Women who conform to this sort of ideal of self-sacrifice
cannot devote the time and energy to their work necessary for creation of great art,
because the angelic ideal always mandates that they put men and family ahead of their
own projects. She expands this concept by suggesting "a woman must have money and a room
of her own if she is to write fiction," something incompatible with the ideal of the
angel in the house whose role is to nurture her family and serve as a moral
exemplar. 

Has the European Community succeeded in achieving its goal of economic and political integration? Explain.

I would say that it has only succeeded to a certain
degree.  Recent events show us that it is not fully
integrated.

I think that you can argue that the EU has
integrated to a great degree, especially economically.  They have created a common
currency and they have so much of a common market that there are essentially no barriers
between countries.  This is a remarkable achievement.

But
the recent problems with Greece show that this integration is not complete.  Some
countries have much weaker economies and have governments that are much less willing to
push for reforms than other governments.  When these "lower performing" countries get in
trouble, the other countries (notably Germany) do not really want to sacrifice to help
them out.  This shows that the various countries do not yet see each other as "self." 
They still think of themselves as different countries and do not want to sacrifice for
one another.

This shows that they are not completely
integrated.

Moby Dick reflected the dark side of human ambition with relentless pursuit white whale by Captain Ahab. Explain an analogy of America @ the time.

Moby Dick was written by Herman
Melville in 1851.  I think a good analogy at the time in the U.S. would be the idea of
Manifest Destiny.  Manifest Destiny was the idea that it was inevitable, no matter what,
that the United States would spread from the Atlantic Ocean across the continent to the
Pacific Ocean.  With this idea came the relentless pursuit of acquiring land for the
U.S., no matter what the cost, just as Ahab pursued the white whale, no matter what the
cost.  The idea of Manifest Destiny and the pursuit of its goal of acquiring land
brought out the dark side of the U.S.  The acquisition of land had a very negative
effect on Native Americans.  In order to expand, the U.S. basically took land from the
Native Americans, and the idea of Manifest Destiny led to policies such as Indian
Removal and eventually the reservation system.  The dark side of Manifest Destiny can
also be seen with relations with Mexico.  The U.S. used a border dispute to go to war
with Mexico in 1846 in order to take land from Mexico to expand to the Pacific Ocean. 
The U.S. was successful in this war and in 1848 the U.S. received the Mexican Cession
from Mexico which included all of California, Nevada, and Utah, a large part of Arizona,
and parts of New Mexico, Colorado and Wyoming.

What the difference between a cyst and an ulcer?

A cyst is a growth, usually benign, surrounded by a
capsule and may contain be semi-solid or contain fluid or gas. They range from
microscopic to quite large and may occur almost anywhere in the
body.

An ulcer is a sore, or an excavation of the surface
of a tissue or an organ due to inflammation. Eventually, the dead tissue is removed and
a sore is the result. They may occur in the stomach, the eye, the foot, or anywhere that
inflammation may occur.

For more information on ulcers, see
the link below.

Allegory is a universal element of poetic narrative. Discuss allegory in the light of this commentA detailed anser with examples please

Poetic narratives are poems that have a plot, such as
Edmund Spencer’s The Faerie Queen, John Milton’s Paradise
Lost, The Romance of the Rose, Tennyson’s
Idylls of the King, Robert Browning’s The Ring and the
Book, Chaucer’s Canterbury Tales, etc. Some scholars
believe that Homer compiled the Iliad and the Odyssey
from a collection of shorter narrative poems that took the form of the
various episodes or adventures that appear in these longer works. Ballads are a type of
narrative poetry. Some of Edgar Allen Poe’s works are narrative poetry (The
Raven, Annabel Lee, etc.) Other famous narrative poets are Ovid, Dante,
Chaucer.

Narrative poetry is probably one of the oldest
forms of poetry (i.e. the heroic epic poetry represented by works such as
Beowulf). Before writing, the only way to transmit stories was
through oral tradition. Hero tales were passed from one generation to the next. In order
to more readily remember the tales, storytellers used poetic forms because rhyme and
rhythm makes things easier for the human brain to memorize. That is why it is easier for
us to remember the words to songs than to remember all presidents of the United States.
In fact, many mnemonic devices are employed when trying to memorize things. These
include rhymes, poetry and songs.

Although many of the
works mentioned above are lengthy, narrative poems are not necessarily so. Allegory is a
way of conveying a meaning in ways that are not literal. Allegory conveys its meaning
through use of symbolism which can take the form of symbolic figures, actions or
representations. An allegory is an extended metaphor and therefore uses other poetic
devices to convey the meaning – onomatopoeia, simile, imagery, irony, ambiguity, and
elements of style such as assonance, alliteration, rhythm, diction,
etc.

In light of the above, I believe it is a true
statement to say that allegory is a universal element of poetic narrative. Not all
poetic narratives are allegories, but many of them are or at least contain elements of
allegory.

 You originally had your question posted in the
ARTS group. Allegory does exist in art, but that would be a different
answer.

In chapter 50 of Great Expectations, why has Magwitch become attached to Pip?

In Chapter L of Great Expectations,
Herbert tends to Pip's burn wounds and relates to Pip his rather intimate conversation
with Provis (Magwitch).  In the course of this conversation, Herbert tells Pip that
Provis had a wife who strangled another woman; after this happened, she came to Provis
and "swore that she would destroy the child" and
vanished. 

A few years later when, as a convict, Magwitch
ran into Pip on the marsh, the seven-year-old Pip recalls for him the child he has
lost.  Herbert tells Pip,

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"...you brought into his mind the little girl so
tragically lost, who would have been your
age."

In addition to this
reminder of his little girl, Magwitch has desired to become the benefactor of Pip
because he remains grateful to the boy who has showed him some kindness in his tragic
life.  And, by being Pip's benefactor, Magwitch has had a reason for working, someone he
can love--someone whose life he can make better than his.  In doing so, Magwitch
himself feels he can be raised from the level of a mere convict.

How did the British Parliament develop?

This is rather a broad question that could be answered in
a variety of ways.

To start at the beginning, the
Parliament originally developed out of the monarch's court.  In the early monarchy, the
king (usually a king rather than a queen) would sometimes gather his court and discuss
issues with them, asking for their advice.  This was done
informally.

As the nobles of the court got more power, this
became a more formal arrangement and Parliament became something of an institution. 
Over the years, the kings were forced to include more people from a variety of
backgrounds in the Parliament as power spread to people of other
classes.

Parliament took more an more power from the
monarchy over the years until (by the mid-1600s) Britain had a parliamentary or
constitutional monarchy in which Parliament held a great deal of
power.

Please follow the link for much more on this
subject.

What was the judicial system like in the South in the 1930's?

This is a pretty broad question, but since your last
question was about To Kill A Mockingbird, I will answer this with
regard to that book.

The judicial system in the South in
the 1930s was (as in the book) heavily tilted against black people.  On a formal level,
blacks were treated equally by the legal system.  The one exception to this was the fact
that blacks were not allowed to serve on juries.  The Tom Robinson trial might well have
ended differently if there had been any black jurors.

Just
as important, however, was the informal bias against blacks.  More or less everyone who
participated in the judicial system would have held racist views.  This would lead to
verdicts like the Robinson one where a black witness's story would not be believed if it
contradicted that of a white witness.

Alienation in Edgar Allan Poe's work.The black cat", "the purloined letter", "the fall of the house of usher", "william wilson" and "the gold bug".

In all of the stories you have mentioned, a main character
is alienated by his madness or intelligence.

In "The Black
Cat," "William Wilson" and "The Fall of the House of Usher," the main characters are
alienated by their madness.  In "The Purloined Letter" and "The Gold Bug," the main
characters are alienated from others by their superior
intellect.

Alienation is a common
theme in Poe's work for several reasons.  First, Poe knows
alienation because of his personal life: he was alienated from parents, then from his
adopted family, and ultimately, from his wife, who died so
young.

Alienation also seems a
necessary component for the author in order to build either suspense or the presence of
madness (or both) into Poe's stories so that there are no witnesses and/or no "voices of
reason" to sway the evil or dark intent, or predilection to madness, that so many of
Poe's characters experience.

It is interesting to note the
irony of alienation for Poe: it haunted his waking moments and made
his life a misery, however it is also what drove his creative genius, and "flavored" so
many stories that remain Poe's greatest bequest to the literary
world.

What was ironic about the fact that the one surviving ship of Magellan's fleet was piloted home by Cano?

Juan Sebastian del Cano (sometimes called Elcano) was a
Spanish sailor who was the pilot of the Concepcion, one of the five
ships on the voyage to circumnavigate the globe led by Ferdinand Magellan.  The
expedition departed in 1519 and wintered in Patagonia, South America.  There, talk of
mutinying and returning to Spain began among the men.  In March of 1520 some Spanish
captains mutinied and Cano was considered one of the ringleaders. Magellan put down the
mutiny and killed or marooned several of the captains.  Cano was eventually pardoned by
Magellan after being punished with forced labor on the mainland.  Cano was later given
command of the ship Victoria, mainly because other captains had
been killed or marooned after the mutiny.  In April, 1521, Magellan and most officers
were murdered in the Philippines.  The only ship to complete the journey around the
globe was the Victoria, captained by Cano.  The irony of this, of
course, is the fact that Cano, who participated in a mutiny to return to Spain, which
would have ended Magellan’s historic voyage, was the leader of the expedition when it
ended in 1522 and was even given a pension by Emperor Charles V.

Given x,16,y as the terms of an A.P. and x,y,8 as the terms of a G.P. What are x and y?

Given x,  16 and y are in
AP.

Give x, y and 8 ar in
G.P.

To find x and .

Since x,
6 and y are in AP, the successive terms should have the same
difference.

Therefore 16-x =
y-16.

Therefore 32 = y+x.
Or

x+y =
32.................(1).

Since x, y and 8 are in GP, the
successive terms should have the same ratio:

y/x =
8/y.

We multply by yboth
sides:

y^2 = 8x. Or

x =
(y^2)/8..................(2)

We substitute  x = (y^2)/8  in
(1):

 (y^2/8) + y =
32

Multiply by 8.

y^2 + 8y=
32*8

y^2+8y -256 = 0.

y1 =
{-8+sqrt(8^2+4*1*256)}/2

y1 =
{-4+4sqrt7)

y2 =
(-4-4sqrt17).

if y1 = -4+4sqrt17, then x = 32-y = 32
-(-4+4sqrt17) = 36 -4sqrt17.

If y2 = -4-4sqrt17, then, x =
32- y1 = 32 - (-4 - 4sqrt17) = 36+4sqrt17.

Therefore (x ,
y)  =  (36-4sqrt17 ,  -4+4sqrt17)

 Or (x , y) = (36+4sqrt17
,  -4-4sqrt17).

Can somebody tell me how to test for reducing sugars using the Benedict's solution?As in procedure and results.

Benedicts solution contains copper sulfate (CuSO4), sodium
hydroxide (NaOH) and tartaric acid. Copper sulfate when dissolved is a deep blue
solution.

Some sugars, such as glucose and fructose have
aldehyde or ketone groups available to react with the copper in the copper sulfate.
These are called reducing sugars.

When this happens the
copper in the copper sulfate is reduced from a +2 ion to a +1 ion and forms copper oxide
which precipitates as a brown suspension.

The procedure is
to dissolve the sugar you are testing and add several drops of Benedicts reagent. Then
gently heat the solution and observe any color change.  If the sugar does not contain
free aldehyde or ketone groups the color will not change. If either of those groups are
present, there will be an observable color change. The change in color is an indication
of how much of the sugar tested contains one or both of the oxidizable
groups.

Depending on the ratio of blue copper sulfate to
brown copper oxide you may see any of the following colors:  green, orange, red, or
brown.

So the test can not only give you a qualitative
result (reducing sugar or non-reducing sugar) but a semi-quantitative result depending
on the color observed.

Analyze the following characters: Lena St. Clair and Ying Ying St. Clair in The Joy Luck Club. Particularly from the chapter "Waiting Between...

In "Waiting Between the Trees," a chapter in Amy Tan's
The Joy Luck Club, the narrator Ying Ying St. Clair describes the
marriage of her daughter Lena to Harold.  Harold is a cold man who asks Lena to "share"
all the household money and responsibility equally.  He does not take into consideration
that he makes more money than Lena makes and when the time comes to split bills, he
takes advantage of Lena's passivity.  Ying Ying relates her daughter's loveless marriage
to her own bad marriage to a man in China.  She did not really love her first husband,
but the marriage was arranged and Ying Ying thought her husband would be happy when they
had a son.  However, her husband begins having numerous affairs, so Ying Ying aborts her
baby.  From that point on, Ying Ying has a cold place in her heart, and she feels that
she was not able to give her daughter any sense of hope or self-worth.  Ying Ying thinks
that she did not have any strength left in her to raise Lena properly, and in this
chapter, she tells her daughter that she must fight to get more out of her marriage or
leave it to find a better one.

What do the letters R, Q, N, and Z mean in math?

The letters R,Q,N,Z are the names of the set of the
numbers, that have specific properties.

For instance, N is
the letter which designates the set of natural numbers.

N =
{0 , 1 , 2 , 3 ,............. , n ,.............}

If the
set is N^*, that means that the 0 value does not belong to the set. We could also write
as:

N^* = N - {0}

The letter Z
designates the set of integer numbers, which contains positive and negative
elements.

Z = {... , -n ,.... ,-4 ,-3 ,-2 ,-1 ,0 ,1 ,2 ,3
,4 ,... ,n, .......}

So, the set Z is composed from the
elements of N and their opposed.

The conclusion would be
that N is a subset of Z.

Also Z^* =
Z-{0}.

The letter Q designates the set of rational numbers.
The set could be mathematically described as:

Q = {m/n / m
and n belong to Z, m is not divided by m}.

So, Q is
composed from elements, which are ratios, where the numerator is not divided by the
denominator and both, numerator and denominator, are
integer numbers.

The letter R designates the set of real
numbers. This set includes all the elements from the sets described above. So, we could
say that the sets N,Z,Q are the subsets of R.

In the set R
appear the symbols: -infinite and +infinite.

The set R is
described as an interval that is bounded by the symbols -infinite and +infinite. In this
interval, between the 2 boundaries, are located all the real
numbers.

R = (-infinite ,
+infinite)

How do I write a one-page newspaper editorial about U.S. involvement in international affairs, with facts to support my opinion?

A newspaper's job is to objectively report the news,
however, the editorial page is the only place where an opinion is supposed
to be okay (as you know, many journalists do not follow this rule and
examples of bias can always be found in supposed news articles...but I
digress).

For your editorial, I suggest you choose a
specific event in which the United States is curently involved in the affairs of other
countries and then express your opinon about it. You should research your topic so that
you can give supporting evidence because even though an editorial is an opinion, it must
be supported by facts.

Some suggestions? The war in Iraq or
Afghanistan; U.S. involvement in the crisis in Sudan; the U.S. involvement in the
current situation between North and South Korea (North Korea supposedly sunk a South
Korean submarine and the U.S. Navy is patrolling the area right now...I know this
because my son is a naval aviator on that ship!). Or, how about the U.S. involvement in
the crisis in the Middle East? Or, what about the U.S. involvement in the Mexican drug
wars? This international event affects the United States, so we have good reason to care
about what happens there. Right now, it is unsafe to travel to Mexico. There is a lot of
information available about this.

If you do an online
search of "U.S. international relations" you will find some other topics that might be
of interest to you.

How would I solve these atoms/mass/mole problems?Find the # of atoms of phosphorus (P) in 3.44 moles of phosphorus. What is the mass of 0.38 moles...

There are two basic relationships that you need to learn
and remember and then mole/mass/atoms problems will be easy to
do.

First, one mole of any substance, whether it is an
element or a compound contains Avogardro's number of atoms or molecules of that
substance.  Avogadro's number being 6.023 x 10^23.

Thus, in
one mole of hydrogen there are 6.023 x 10^23 atoms of hydrogen.  In one mole of HCl
there are 6.023 x 10^23 molecules of HCl.  To find the number of atoms in a given number
of moles, just multiply the number of moles by Avogardro's number.  Let's do an example
using Potassium (K) and assume you have 2.6 moles of potassium.  2.6 x 6.023 x 10^23 =
1.566 x 10^24 atoms of potassium.

If instead you are given
the number of atoms of the substance, just divide the number of atoms given by
Avogadro's number to get the number of moles.  Let's do an example and assume we have 14
x 10^25 atoms of Calcium.  How many moles do we have?

14 x
10^25 atoms divided by 6.023 x 10^23 atoms /mole = 2.324 x 10^2 moles of
calcium.

Second, one mole of any element is equal in mass
to the atomic mass of that element.  Thus, one mole of iron has a molar mass of
55.847g/mole.  To find the actual mass of the substance, you multiply the molar mass by
the number of moles.  Using iron as the example, if you had 0.2 moles of iron you would
have 0.2 moles x 55.847 g/mole = 11.169 g of iron.

Using
these two relationships you can solve everyone of these mole/mass/atom
problems.

In chapter three George tells Slim he used to play tricks on Lennie but he finally quit. What does this indicate about George's character? ...

In a society in which ranch-hands and migrant workers
generally travelled alone, George and Lennie, the protagonists in Of Mice and
Men, stay with each other as they move from place to place looking for work. 
At the beginning of the novel, readers quickly understand that Lennie is mentally
handicapped, and that he relies on an often resentful George for many of his basic
needs.  While Lennie loves George and eagerly looks forward to achieving their goal of
owning a farm and living "off the fatta the land,"  George often sees Lennie as a burden
who keeps George from having the kind of life he feels he
deserves. 

In a telling conversation with Slim in Chapter
3, George explains that he used to play tricks on Lennie in the past but has since
stopped doing so.  He maintains that Lennie isn't stupid--he's just simple--and explains
that Lennie would do anything George asked him to do.  Lennie's unwavering loyalty to
George eventually caused George to realize the error in his ways, and George's ultimate
commitment to Lennie is evident throughout the rest of the novel. 
 

Although George is often frustrated with Lennie (he yells
at him, becomes angry when Lennie asks him to repeat things over and over, and becomes
upset when Lennie doesn't follow directions), readers recognize that the two characters
have a mutual love for each other.  They share a common dream of owning land, and
they've become so accustomed to each other's company that it is difficult for readers to
imagine one without the other. 

The ultimate example of
George's love for Lennie comes at the end of the novel, when George kills Lennie to save
him from Curley.  Though it may seem impossible to imagine a situation in which killing
another human being is an act of love, given Lennie's history and potential future (a
painful death at the hands of Curley and the others), George knows that killing Lennie
is actually an act of mercy. 

In what manner and under what authority does Albany reclaim power that Edmund may have? ( King Lear, V, iii)Also, How is the power of the realm...

Albany is son-in-law to the King and husband to Goneril,
and as such, holds much power.  In the fight against the French armies, he holds
authority and commands the troops.  Edmund begins the play as a usurper (He deceives his
half-brother Edgar, in an attempt to gain their father's lands and title.), and
continues his villainous and deceitful actions all through the play.  Act V, Scene iii
is no exception.

Edmund has commanded the soldiers to
imprison Lear and Cordelia, but upon his arrival, Albany challenges Edmund's authority
to issue such orders.  Albany insists, rightly so, that he has no such authority,
calling Edmund a "Half-blooded fellow," and saying,

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I hold you but as a subject of this
war,

Not as a
brother.

Meaning that Albany
does not see Edmund as an equal.  He commands that Edmund be arrested on the charge of
"capital treason."

As for the end of the play:  King Lear
is dead.  Albany is the next in line to the throne and he begins by making amends with
the true and loyal subjects Kent and Edgar, now Duke of  Gloucester.  This ending could
be considered dis-satisfactory since Albany has spent the majority of the play on "team
villains," yet Shakespeare, in only a few moments, wants the audience to accept him as a
sort of hero.  Does this work?  That's up to each individual audience
member.

There is certainly much more to comment on about
the "satisfaction" of the ending, for this has been a topic of debate for centuries,
even sparking a rewrite of the play in the 19th century in which Cordelia does not die,
but, instead, marries Edgar at the end of the play.  In this version, they will rule the
kingdom.

There is also much discussion, and has been
through the centuries about the themes of the play.  Power/Authority and who has it is
certainly a major issue in the play.  So are the themes of patriarchy, madness, sight
(figurative and literal), and more.  Again, you should arrive at the answer to the
question of theme based upon your response to the events of the play, for there is no
one "right" answer.

Can someone help me write an essay discussing the role of Squealer in Orwell's Animal Farm?

One of the best places to start is actually in the book
itself or in any decent commentary about it.  Orwell very carefully created his
characters in order to mimic certain political figures of the time.  Squealer is no
different.

In this case, Squealer functioned as the
propaganda arm of the Soviet machine, changing events around so that they will fit with
the idea of communism instead of simply being power grabs and Napoleon getting whatever
he wants.

You could find some parallel events or stories
from the Soviet propaganda machine and link them up to the events on the farm that
Squealer changes around, this could really be a fun essay.

Discuss the theme and other story points in "Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid.

Jamaica Kincaid’s portrays a mother advising her daughter
in how to become a woman.  The short story “Girl” is a list of bits of seemingly random
advice from the mother to her daughter.  In the format of the story, it is one long
sentence with the advice separated by semi-colons. Following the narrative literary
device of stream of consciousness, the narrator presents her thoughts and feelings as
they pass through her mind.

The mother covers several areas
in her advice:

Clothes-Washing, ironing, buying cloth, and
sewing button and hems

Cooking/cleaning- What to do with
fish, planting okra, gardening, and how to
sweep

Etiquette-Setting the table, how to eat, what not to
do at church

Behavior-Do not squat when playing marbles, do
not behave like a boy, when and how to smile, how to treat a man, how a man will treat
the woman

The mother provides this practical and helpful
information to have a satisfactory household of her own.  Obviously, the mother has
lived in abject poverty since she has to make and grow
everything. 

The theme of the story is found in the last
line of the story:

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Mother: always squeeze, bread to make sure it’s
fresh;

Daughter: …but what if the baker won’t let me
feel the bread?

Mother: …you mean to say that after all you
are really going to be the kind of woman the baker won’t let near the
bread?

The mother interprets
the potential refusal by the baker as a sign that the daughter has already done
something that has given her a bad name. She may already be considered a
slut.

The author uses the words “feel” and “squeeze” to
turn the buying of the bread into a metaphor for sex.  When the baker refuses to give
the daughter the bread, which would be a sexual reprimand or rejection. From this
seemingly innocent question, the mother bursts in to the angry
tirade.

The mother’s  emphasis on this theme shows how much
she wants her daughter to realize that she is “not a boy,” and that she needs to act in
a way that will win her respect from the community.

In the Pacino film The Merchant of Venice, when Shylock begins "I am a Jew", to whom are his words addressed, and is he provoked into these...

Since we're limited to answering one question at a time,
I'll address your question about Shylock's "I Am a Jew" speech. While in the play and in
Al Pacino's film version, Shylock is talking to Salerio and Salanio, his speech is
really a lesson from Shakespeare to his Elizabethan audience and, more specifically, is
an expression of Shylock's desperate desire to be taken seriously by Venetian
society.

When Salerio and Salanio approach Shylock, he is
already agitated and most likely has a poor history with Antonio's friends.  So, while
they do not necessarily cause him to voice his frustration about how he is treated,
running into them is rather like the last straw for Shylock.  He is at his breaking
point.  His daughter has absconded with a Christian and with his jewels, and he is
anxiously excited about the possibility of revenge upon his rival Antonio.  Thus, when
Salerio and Salanio approach him, all of those emotions poor forth in his speech.  Of
course, Shylock's eloquent outburst does not win him sympathy or fans.  Those who hear
his speech mock him and feel that his behavior gives credence to their pre-existing
disdain for him.

In regards to the versions portraying him
bloodied and beaten, I personally don't care for them because they provide immediate
motivation for Shylock's speech.  However, Shakespeare develops early on in the play a
history of constant verbal abuse directed toward Shylock.  I think that a more accurate
portrayal of Shylock's volatile state is Al Pacino's version.

What is the response of Mildred's friends when Montag reads "Dover Beach" and why does he kick them out in Fahrenheit 451?

When Guy Montag reads the poem to the ladies, the two of
them have kind of different responses.  One of them, Clara Phelps, bursts into tears. 
She has no idea why she's crying, but she can't stop.  The other friend, Mrs. Bowles, is
trying to comfort Mrs. Phelps.  At the same time, she is getting really angry at
Montag.  She is telling him how nasty poetry is because of the fact that it makes people
feel bad (the way Clara is right then).

Montag throws them
out because (in my opinion) he can't stand the hypocrisy of what Mrs. Bowles is saying. 
He points out that their lives are already terrible and they are just numb to it.  He
lists all these bad things that have happened to them and he seems to be saying that it
is really fake for them to pretend that they're happy and that it is stuff like poetry
that makes them miserable.

What do you think Chillingworth sees when he secretly enters the minister's room? What effect does this incident have on the physician?

Chillingworth arrives in Salem and no one knows who he
really is except Hester, whom he swears to secrecy. He sets out to befriend Dimmesdale
because he suspects that he is Pearl's father. Chillingworth is a physician, and
Dimmesdale becomes his patient. The doctor does all he can to befriend Dimmesdale and
treat him, and they have long conversations about the nature of sin, hidden sin, etc. In
chapters 9 and 10, Hawthorne develops the relationship between these two men. In chapter
10, Dimmesdale falls asleep, and Chillingworth sneaks up on him and pushes aside his
garment to look at the minister's chest. What he sees throws him into an evil
ecstasy:

Had
a man seen old Roger Chillingworth, at that moment of his ecstasy, he would have had no
need to ask how Satan comports himself, when a precious human soul is lost to heaven,
and won into his kingdom.

The
reader never finds out what this is, but from this point on in the novel, Chillingworth
is convinced that what he has seen is proof that Dimmesdale has been Hester's lover and
the father of Pearl. The reader must infer that there must have been some sort of symbol
on Dimmesdale's chest - perhaps a letter A was burned into his chest, or the hairs on
his chest formed the letter A. Or, perhaps he was wearing something around his neck - a
lock of Hester's hair, or a lock of Pearl's hair.

What do
you think?

What does Macbeth mean when he says, "There's not a one of them but in his house/ I keep a servant fee'd" (3.4.132-33)?in Macbeth

What this is telling us is that Macbeth does not really
trust anyone.  He is telling his wife that he has paid spies in the homes of every lord
in Scotland, presumably.

This comes up because Macbeth says
that Macduff will not come when Macbeth orders him to come.  He has not actually ordered
Macduff to come and so Lady Macbeth wonders why he knows that Macduff will not obey. 
That is the point when Macbeth speaks the line you
mention.

When he says "not a one of them" he is referring
to the lords.  By saying "a servant fee'd" he is referring to someone he has paid (given
a fee) to work for him as a spy.

Describe events prior to the scene at the Maycomb jail that show the tension and unrest of town in To Kill a Mockingbird.

In addition to the incidents clairewait points out, the
incident at the beginning of Chapter 15 (prior to the scene outside the jail) is a good
indicator of tension and unrest in the town. 

After dinner,
Jem answers a knock at the door, and tells Atticus that Heck Tate is there to see him. 
When Atticus tells Jem to invite Heck in, Jem reports that there are other men with him
and that Atticus should go outside.  Though the children only hear bits and pieces of
the conversation, they understand that the men are discussing the Tom Robinson trial and
gather that the men are warning Atticus of trouble. 

Scout,
who notes that "In Maycomb, grown men stood outside int he front yard for only two
reasons: death and politics," wonders who has died; unlike Jem, she is unable to
understand the scope of the situation.  As the men get closer to Atticus, Jem screams
that the phone is ringing, because he senses trouble.  The men laugh, and eventually
depart, but Jem, who has been watching intently, says to Atticus, "They were after you,
weren't they?  They wanted to get you, didn't they?"  Atticus replies by telling Jem
that those men were friends.  Still, it is clear that Jem understands the tension of the
situation. 

Please help me compare and contrast the two settings (the living room and the ledge) from the story "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket."If...

In Jack Finney's "Contents of the Dead Man's Pockets," the
two settings of the living room and that of the window ledge represent the comfortable
environment of complacency and the fearful environment that holds the "moment of truth."
An aspiring businessman, Tom Benecke works so much on a project that will give him a
raise that he neglects his loving wife. When she prepares to go to the movies alone, he
rationalizes his neglect by saying,

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 "You won't mind, though, will you, when the
money starts rolling in and I'm known as the Boy Wizard of Wholesale Groceries?" "I
guess not," She smiled and turned back toward the
bedroom.

As his wife leaves,
Tom has some trouble closing the door; the opened window draws the air and Tom's yellow
sheet with all the facts and figures he has worked on wafts out onto the ledge. Without
considering the danger, Tom goes onto the ledge because the yellow sheet represents all
his work that will bring him a raise, and his business success consumes him. At this
point, Tom does not think about his being on the ledge of the eleventh floor where any
slip can mean death; he just wants to get the yellow sheet of paper. However, when the
window slams shut after Tom retrieves his sheet, he encounters his "moment of
truth." After futile attempts to get attention by dropping coins from his pocket, Tom
ponders the remaining contents of his pocket:  the single yellow sheet for which he has
risked his life.  He laughs at his foolishness in having risked his life with his
beloved life with Clare for the raise he has desired. 

This
truth involves Tom's use of time. In the living room of his apartment, Tom has misused
his time, killed it, by working on his grocery project. Out on the ledge faced with
possible death, Tom realizes that his time should be spent on the true values of life:
sharing moments with his loved ones. His personal relationships are far more important
than business relationships.

How is the "American Dream" defined in The Great Gatsby?say one meaning of american dream is geeting money and being rich (all of a sudden,...

Your question is a tad confusing...  here
goes:

The idea of the "American Dream" is often
centered around money but many would argue that the real heart of it is the opportunity
to re-invent oneself, that you can become who you want without worrying about who you
were born as, or to.

In this case, Gatsby wants to join the
crowd of the super wealthy so that he can have access to Daisy, he makes a pile of money
in shady ways, then comes to Long Island to win her back from her boorish
husband.

In his case, he cannot seem to overcome the
barriers that exist, he didn't make his money the right way for some, Daisy is far too
manipulative and opportunistic to listen to her feelings, and in the end Gatsby may have
re-invented himself but still cannot reach what he is looking
for.

What is "the lord of the flies" in Lord of the Flies?

In William Golding's allegory, the lord of the flies is
evil incarnate. :

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The halfpshut eyes were dim with the infinite
cynicism of adult life.  They assured Simon that everything was a bad
business.

The intuitive Simon
tells the lord of the flies that he knows.  He tries to convince himself that what he
sees is a pig's head on a stick only, but he realizes that the pig's head is not the
real beast.  The beast is the evil that is inherent in each of the
boys.

"Fancy
thinking the beast was something you could hunt and kill!" ...For a moment or two the
forest and all the other dimly appreciated places echoed with the parody of laughter. 
"You knew, didn't you?  I'm part of you?  Cose, close, close!  I'm the reason why it's
no go?  why thingsare what they
are?

Symbolically Simon is
"inside the mouth"; he falls into the unconsciousness as he feels that he has been
swallowed by the terrible evil unleashed on the island.  And, with the full emergence of
the sadistic Roger, evil is manifested.  Later, Simon is beaten to death as the hunters
surround him and bludgeon him.   All along Simon has felt the knowledge of Beelezebub in
the hearts of the boys; however, when he tries to communicate this to Ralph and the
others, he becomes incoherent and is later killed.

How has Boxer had a difficult time adjusting to the new lifestyle of Manor Farm in Animal Farm? Despite all the hard work he does and the fact...

Boxer is probably the hardest working animal on Animal
Farm, and perhaps also the most loyal to the "leadership" and "vision" of what the farm
could become.  His "I will work harder" mantra shows that he is willing to put forth the
effort in order to benefit the farm as a whole, which could symbolize the ideal worker
under a communist regime.  "Napoleon is always right", his other quip, shows his blind
obedience to authority, which is another admirable trait according to those who abuse
power.

As far as adjusting to the "new lifestyle", I
suppose this might depend on to which section of the novel you are referring.  As the
novel progresses, the other animals seem to spend less and less time working for the
"common good", so Boxer is forced to take on added responsibility and burden, despite
his declining health; after a while, his health fails him and he's sent
away.

Throughout the story he is too uneducated to
understand what is going on around him, so he believes that just working hard and doing
what he's told will be a benefit to all.  This, unfortunately, ultimately leads to his
demise.

What does Robert Louis Stevenson’s Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde imply about the duality of Human Nature

In my opinion, Stevenson's story is telling us that the
average human being has two sides -- one side that is good and one that is evil.  The
story is telling us that these sides coexist within each human being.  Finally, I think
that the story is telling us that the evil side is the stronger and is likely to defeat
the good side over time.

In the story, Jekyll can easily
become Hyde, but he has a harder and harder time changing back into Jekyll, for
example.  This shows the power of the evil side.  He is also unable to resist turning
himself into Hyde -- once again, the evil is stronger than the good.  In a way, the evil
is even more attractive to the person -- Hyde feels younger and more free than
Jekyll.

Overall, then, I feel that Stevenson is arguing
that human beings are part good and part evil but that it is easy for the evil to
win.