What is the relationship of Jarvis Lorry's dream to the literal events of the novel?A Tale of Two Cities by Charles Dickens

After receiving the message and responding to it by
saying "Recalled to Life," Jarvis Lorry continues his ride on the coach to Dover,
England on the coastline of the English Channel.  As he dozes on this coach with the
night shadows hiding the faces of the occupants, "A hundred times the...passenger
inquired of this spectre:  'Buried how long?'"

In Chapter
III of Book the First, Mr. Lorry ponders what this resurrection of Dr. Manette will be
like for the man who has figuratively buried for eighteen years as he was incarcerated
in the Bastille.  In wonderment, Mr. Lorry exclaims,

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"Gracious Creator of Day!  To be buried alive for
eighteen years!"

 This
resurrection of a man from his burial in prison, a symbol of the grave for Dickens, is
the introduction of the important theme of Death and Resurrection in A Tale of
Two Cities.  Along with Mr. Lorry, Lucie Manette effects the return to life
for her father as he recognizes her golden hair and recalls his former existence as a
physician and husband and father. Tragically, however, as a man brought back to life,
Dr. Manette cannot shake off the effect that his incarceration, burial, and his being
brought back to society have had on his mind.  Several times he regresses to his prison
occupation of making shoes; however, with the love of his daughter and his own
forgiveness for Darney, ne Evremonde, he is able to
survive.

And, as a novel of dualities, this theme of
resurrection is treated rather humorously with respect to Jerry Cruncher.  Digging up
cadavers for physicians, Jerry euphemistically calls himself "a resurrection man." 
Instead of mourners who were present for the funeral of these cadavers, Mrs. Cruncher
instead "flops' onto the floor in prayer, begging the Lord to forgive her husband's
sins.  Jerry, of course, returns no love to his wife; instead he accuses her of being an
"Aggrawayter."  Ironically, however, it is Jerry's illegal occupation which leads him to
the discovery that John Basard and Roger Cly and Solomon Pross are all the same
man.

What kind of triangle has the relations between a, b, c, sides: (3^1/2)*a - (3^1/2)*b = c a + b = (3^1/2)*c

We'll try to determine the length of b and the length of
c, considering the length of a side.

We'll multiply the
second relation with the value (3^1/2) and after that we'll add the equivalent obtained
relation to the first one.

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

We'll group the same
terms:

2*(3^1/2)*a =
4*c

(3^1/2)*a = 2
*c

c=
[(3^1/2)*a]/2

With the c value written in
function of "a" value, we'll go in the second relation and substitute
it:

a + b =
[(3^1/2)*(3^1/2)*a]/2

a + b =
3*a/2

We'll have the same denominator on the left side of
the equality:

2*a + 2*b =
3*a

2*b = 3*a - 2*a

2*b =
a

b =
a/2

If the triangle is a right one, then,
using the Pythagorean theorem, we'll have the following relation between the sides of
triangle:

a^2 = b^2 + c^2

Now,
we have to plug in the values of "b" and "c", in the relation
above:

a^2 = a^2/4 +
3*a^2/4

a^2 =
4*a^2/4

a^2 =
a^2

We've shown that the equality is true,
so the triangle is right, where "a" is hypotenuse and "b","c" are
cathetus.

What are the global effects of the loss of the siberian tiger?

In my opinion, there are no global effects or at least
none that we can really understand or quantify.

When a
species of animal goes extinct, it rarely has any effect on people, per se (unless they
rely on it for food or to keep an ecosystem in balance).  The only real impact of
extinction is on the other animals (and even plants) in the ecosystem.  You could say
that tiger extinction could lead to a boom in deer which would then affect the forests. 
But the loss of tigers is being caused by deforestation anyway -- whole ecosystems being
destroyed.  So it's not as if the ecosystem will still be there but be imbalanced by the
loss of the top predator.

What does have a global effect,
in my opinion, is the habitat loss that leads to the extinctions.  The loss of whole
habitats can affect weather patterns on a regional or even global level.  It can also
impact people (potentially) through the loss of biodiversity and through the loss of
organisms that might be beneficial to people.  However, even these impacts are hard to
distinguish since the planet as a whole is such a complex
system.

In Guns, Germs, and Steel, how does comparing mutations help trace the spread of agriculture?

Mutations in plants helped farmers to domesticate wild
crops. Some crops, such as wheat, had evolved to drop their seeds and so reproduce, but
farmers harvested and replanted the mutation of wheat that kept its seeds in the air;
the result was that the mutated wheat became the dominant species. Diamond comments
that:

If one
carries out such a genetic analysis for major ancient New World crops many of them prove
to include two or more of those alternative wild variants, or two or more of those
alternative transforming mutations.
(Diamond, Guns, Germs, and
Steel, Google
Books)

By examining the
mutations that are unique to domesticated crops, agriculturalists can see how those
mutations were spread around the world; some wild plants without the mutations still
exist, and so it can be estimated both how long ago the mutation was adopted, and how
far it spread by human interference. Non-indigenous plants were carried to new areas and
planted by farmers, and they became indigenous through this activity; therefore, the
study of domesticated plants versus wild plants shows how farmers exploited mutation to
create new crops.

What was the impact of the Reagan Revolution on federalism?

In my opinion, the impact of the Reagan Revolution on
federalism was mixed.

On the one hand, Reagan talked a lot
about giving the states more power and the federal government less.  The article that I
have linked to discusses how Reagan's budgets stopped a lot of federal money that had
been going to the states to help them with various programs.  This, again, gives the
states more of a role and the federal government less.

On
the other hand, Reagan also was willing to use federal money to force states to carry
out certain policies.  The one I remember best is the fact that he forced states to
raise their drinking ages to 21.  He threatened to withold federal road funds if they
did not.

So in many ways, Reagan empowered states, but he
was also willing to force states to do things if he thought that was
appropriate.

If there is a difference between "really appalling, dreadful behavior" and evil, how would you explain it?

What an intriguing question!  I might equate the
difference between "really appalling, dreadful behavior" and evil with difference
between something really sad and something tragic.  It's a matter of
degree.

Even the worst behavior can be considered less than
evil as long as the motive is not evil.  When both the bad behavior and the motive are
intentional, there is often a cruelty involved which cause it to rise to the level of
evil.  As to degree, if the bad behavior is wreaked on one, it's sad and wasteful and
horrible.  If that same behavior is unleashed on many, it becomes
evil.

In spiritual terms, evil--not just bad or awful--is
the enemy of, or opposite of, good. 

Give an account of Ellen's visit to Isabella in Wuthering Heights.Show what this reveals of Heathcliff's attitude to his wife his attitude to...

Ellen goes to see Isabella in Chapter 14, and it is clear
by her exchange with Heathcliff during this visit that Heathcliff has no love for his
wife and is disgusted by her weakness. He is still obsessed with Catherine and will not
believe that her illness will be worsened by seeing him.

As
Ellen approaches the house, she sees Isabella looking out of the window as if she is
waiting for her, but when she sees her, she draws back "as if afraid." Ellen enters
without knocking, and is appalled at Isabella's
appearance;

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"her pretty face (is) wan and listless, her hair
uncurled...probably she had not touched her dress since yester
evening."

Heathcliff is
sitting at the table; in contrast to Isabella, he looks quite well. Isabella comes
forward eagerly and greets Ellen, holding out her hand to take the letter she expects
from her brother, but Ellen has no letter. Instead, she verbally relays the message that
Edgar sends his love and pardon, but thinks it will be better if he not communicate with
her and her new household anymore.

Isabella withdraws in
disappointment to sit by the window, but Heathcliff immediately asks about Catherine.
Ellen tells him that she is recovering from her illness, but is much changed; when
Heathcliff asks to see her, Ellen tells him that such a visit would kill her. Heathcliff
is convinced that Catherine still loves him, and expresses his intention to see her, no
matter what. Heathcliff then makes clear that he loathes his wife Isabella; he is
disgusted with her weakness and perversely delights in tormenting her. He says he never
did anything to make her think he was a good person, but she insisted on remaining
"under a delusion," and so her misery in her current situation is her own fault.
Isabella, on her part, has learned to hate Heathcliff, whom she says married her to
obtain power over her brother Edgar. She declares that now, all she wants is to die or
see Heathcliff dead, at which point he thrusts her from the
room.

Heathcliff asks Ellen to help him see Catherine,
telling her that he will do so whether she helps him or not. He is convinced that,
despite what anyone says, Catherine wants to see him, and has "no doubt she's in hell
among (the Linton household)." Heathcliff prevails upon Ellen to deliver a message from
him to Catherine, asking her directly if she wants to see him, and, despite her
misgivings, Ellen finally relents (Chapter 14).

Do you think the Green Knight in Sir Gawain and the Green Knight is meant to be seen as evil?

I don't think the Green Knight in Sir Gawain and
the Green Knight is a figure of evil at all.  He entered King Arthur's court
uninvited, it's true, but he came peacefully.  He issued a challenge, and once he had a
"taker" he took the first blow--a blow so strong it separated his head from his
shoulders, in fact.  He was a gracious host to Gawain a year later (though we didn't
know it was him, at first).  He kept his word and actually showed grace to Gawain; he
could have given him the same stroke of the blade which he had suffered in King
Aurthur's court.  After the entire incident was over, he invited Gawain back the next
year, a sign of respect and gracious hospitality.

What he
probably does symbolize is a test of honor:  who would rise to the challenge, would he
keep his word even in difficult circumstances (remember Gawain had to find him without
knowing where he lived), how would Gawain deal with temptation.  Gawain passed the test;
and, since he's a member of King Arthur's court (and is actually a cousin to the king),
he brought honor to the entire kingdom.  I just don't see any way the Green Knight
represents evil in this story. 

What is the symbol in the short story "The Sniper"?

One of the symbols in "The Sniper" is a gun.  We see two
different versions of it, handled by two separate, opposing forces.  The first sniper
has a revolver and a rifle; the second sniper has a
rifle.

Guns are symbolic of aggression and harshness. The
gun can obviously symbolize the need of someone to protect oneself or another.  Some
sources say that the gun can symbolize almost
anything.

With this in mind, it is important to look to the
characters that use the guns to ascertain what the gun means to each
man.

Our first sniper uses his revolver at first, but seems
to become more aggressive with the rifle in hand; he is cynical and angry.  He uses his
gun to destroy, and does so without discretion or a sense of humanity.  Although he is
fighting for a cause, this seems perhaps to be more a justifiable reason to fight and
release his aggression than to protect some ideal.

We know
that the sniper is furious.  We can assume it has to do with the war, but we also know
that the sniper and his brother have parted ways, each on the other side of the
conflict.  This may have caused a sense of betrayal in the sniper, which is a loss of
control.  He has become fanatical, the narrator tells us, so we can assume he acts
impulsively, without conscience.  The revolver is a small arm, which might represent the
sniper's involvement to a smaller extent in the early moments of the story.  When he can
no longer make use of the revolver, the rifle becomes an extension of his rage, and he
indiscriminately uses it to even kill the old woman.  His justice is swift and makes no
distinctions.  He has gone beyond dedication to a cause, and become a killing
machine.

With less information on the other sniper prior to
the story's end, we have less to work with in terms of his personality, but we know he,
too, is dedicated to his cause.  If the first sniper is so radically oriented, we can
assume the sniper on the other side is not fanatical. He is diametrically opposed to the
first sniper; calm, calculating, focused, and patient.  He seems to have more
self-control. His weapon is symbolic of his dedication to his cause, not in terms of
aggression, but for the protection of his country and
himself.

When the first sniper drops his rifle, he does so
to lure his opponent out into the open. At this point, he releases the urge to
aggressively pursue the other sniper and becomes furtive and sneaky.  He sacrifices the
control he feels with the rifle to gain an advantage over his opponent.  Without the
rifle, the sniper must return to the revolver, stepping back to gain, literally, a
better perception of the situation in order to take out the other
sniper.

When the first sniper's rifle falls, this indicates
to the second sniper that he has wounded or killed the shooter across the street.
 Logically, these would be the only reasons a sniper would release the control of the
rifle, the weapon most able to find its target with accuracy, across the space that
separates them.  In this way, the second sniper is killed when he reveals himself.  His
loss of his rifle symbolizes his loss of control, his protection,
and literally, his life.

Separation from the rifle seems to
bring the first sniper back to reality.  He immediately suffers from feelings of
remorse, and becomes so enraged that he throws down the revolver, cursing all war, and
nearly shoots himself in process.

Perhaps his reaction is
an example of foreshadowing: it is at this point that the first sniper discovers the
identity of his adversary.

In 1984, why does Winston say that he must have some "ancestral memory that things had once been different"?

Winston says this because he cannot think of any other
reason why he should be dissatisfied with the physical conditions of his
life.

When he thinks this, he is sitting in the cafeteria
at work and he hates everything about it.  The food is bad, the cafeteria is dingy,
everything there and in other places is just poor quality.  But then he thinks that he
cannot remember that things were ever any different.  If you have no memory of things
being better, how can you be dissatisfied?  Winston decides that the only reason for him
to dislike the way things are now is if he has this ancestral memory that tells him that
things used to be better (in some previous generation).

Could you explain why Elizabeth doesnt beg John to 'confess' at the end of the play and what does she see as John's 'goodness'?

Elizabeth does not beg John to confess because of what she
refers to as "his goodness".  She sees that he refuses to be a hypocrite and a liar.  He
has denounced the witch trials as a farce and for him to now sign his name to a false
declaration of guilt would be hypocritical.  He will not implicate other innocent lives
to save his own life, even if it means leaving his children without a father.  John
Proctor had had an affair briefly with Abigail.  He had dishonored his name by doing
that, but by refusing to save his own life through lying, Elizabeth declares that John
now has back his "goodness", or his good name and his honor.

By what means is it possible for Napoleon to take command of the farm in Animal Farm?

The power struggle between Napoleon and Snowball reaches
its climax in Chapter 5. The conflict between them has of course been heightening, with
disagreements concerning the direction that the farm should be taking. Perhaps the
bitterest conflict occurs concerning the windmill that Snowball believes should be built
because it will be a great labour saving device. Napoleon argues against it, saying that
building the windmill will take time and effort away from more important duties such as
producing food. It is when Napoleon and Snowball are making speeches to the animals, and
Snowball has just made a very successful speech, that Napoleon utters a strange
"high-pitched whimper":

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At this there was a terrible baying sound
outside, and nine enormous dogs wearing brass-studded collars came bounding into the
barn. They dashed straight for Snowball, who only sprang from his place just in time to
escape their snapping jaws. In a moment he was out of the door and they were after
him.

Snowball, by the skin of
his teeth, just manages to wiggle through a hole in the fence and escape the dogs, but
this of course leaves Napoleon with complete control of the farm. What is interesting
about the dogs is that the animals comment on how they react to
Napoleon:

It
was noticed that they wagged their tails to him in the same way as the other dogs had
been used to do to Mr
Jones.

It appears that
Napoleon is adopting the traits of his former human bosses more and
more.

So, it is through the nine dogs that Napoleon has
reared that he is able to chase off Snowball and seize absolute power in the
farm.

"There are no truths, only stories"- Simon Ortiz. What does this quote mean?

Since you are talking about this in regard to history, I
would say that it means that there is no way that historians can know the "truth" about
the past -- they can only tell stories that make sense to them.  I tell my students this
at the beginning of every new term.

Of course, this does
not apply to things like "what date did the Japanese bomb Pearl Harbor."  For that,
there is truth.  But that is not what is of real interest to historians.  To historians,
the real question is "why did the Japanese attack Pearl Harbor."  Once you start asking
this kind of question, you cannot know truth.

If I ask you
why you did something that you did, you may not even know for sure.  And if you tell me
why, I might not believe that that was the real reason -- I might think you are tricking
yourself.  So how much harder is it to find the reason for a decision made by many
people in a foreign culture, almost 70 years ago.

That is
why history is a set of stories -- we take the story that seems most plausible, but we
do not know that it is the truth.

Examine the title of the novel Shadow Lines.

Excellent question! Of course, Shadow
Lines was also the title of a novella by Joseph Conrad, but one of the
reasons why Ghosh appropriated it was that the title of this fascinating work relates to
a key concern of postcolonialism - that of borders and boundaries and how they are
created and sustained but also how they are easily ruptured and shown to be
illusory. Shadow Lines is an amazing story that transgresses
multiple borders. Postcolonial criticism examines and criticises man-made boundaries and
borders as attempts to define a particular group as against another group ("the other").
Postcolonial criticism attempts to rupture these apparently secure boundaries by
examining those who live on the margins of these boundaries and also deconstructing
(taking apart) the notion of the other. This is particularly true of the "invention" of
India the nation, with the Partition of 1947 which drew imaginary lines across India,
creating the countries of Pakistan, Bangladesh and India and also causing much death
from the resulting riots.

The narrative in Shadow
Lines is constantly transgressing boundaries of space and time, thus giving
the novel its title, as the lines that divide places and even times are shown to be
easily transgressed - "Shadow Lines."

Consider this quote
regarding the inherent fragility of boundaries:

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[About seeing the border from the air] But if
there aren't any trenches or anything, how are people to know? I mean, where's the
difference then? And if there's no difference both sides will be the same; it'll be just
like it used to be before, when we used to catch a train in Dhaka and get off in
Calcutta the next day . . .
(151)

Or consider Robi's
disgruntled take on borders and nationalism, when he suggests "...why don’t they draw
thousands of little lines through the whole subcontinent and give every little place a
new name? What would it change? It’s a mirage; the whole thing is a mirage.” It is these
shadow lines that the title of this work refers to, thus establishing the temporary and
ephemeral nature of various lines in our lives which we treat as so
permanent.

Draw up a business plan indicating the practicabilty and the profitability of the business of soap making.details

A business plan has many different parts and often is
several pages long.  I have written two for actual businesses and they were each 30 - 40
pages long.

The main components of a business plan include
the following:

 1.  A mission statement, objectives, and
what about your specific business will lead to success.

2.
A summary of the company including ownership, history or start-up plan, locations, and
facilities.

3. A description of the products, in your
scenario soaps.  This needs to include information comparing your product with any
competition, sales literature, technology used, sources, and potential future products,
if any.

4. A market analysis summary that includes how the
market is divided, needs, trends, growth, other major participants within the industry. 
In your scenario this would include comparisons with the major soap manufacturing
industries (ie Proctor & Gamble, Johnson & Johnson, etc. as well as the
small specialty soap manufacturers including the homemade soap
industry)

5. The strategy and implementation summary and
a web plan summary will include your marketing, promotion, & distribution
 plans.  It will alsoinclude sales strategies and
forecasts.

6. A management summary includes a brief
biography of the key personnel on the management team and future hiring
plans.

7. Finally there is a financial plan.  This needs to
include your break-even analysis, projected profit and loss, projected cash flow,
projected balance sheet, business ratios, and long-term plans.  Often you will predict
the next three months as months, then quarterly projections for the next 3 or 7 quarters
and then annual projections for the next 3 years. 

I hope
this helps get you started.  You need to look at the soap making business in each of
these categories.  

Read Sylvia Plath’s “Lady Lazarus” then select one specific symbol and explain what the symbol represents in the context of the poem.

The single most powerful symbol which captures the essence
of the entire poem is found in the concluding tercet of Sylvia Plath's "Lady
Lazarus":

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Out of the ash I rise
with my red hair And I eat men like
air.

These
lines refer to the Greek mythological fire-bird, the Phoenix which towards the end of
its 500 year life cycle self destructs by building  a nest and then setting itself on
fire and being reduced to ashes. From these ashes a new young Phoenix rises which lives
out its life span of 500 years at the end of which the same cycle is repeated - reduced
to ashes from which a new Phoenix arises. Thus, the Phoenix is a well known symbol for
rebirth, renewal and immortality.

After a very disturbed
and volatile life during which she attempted suicide many times only to be rescued at
the nick of the moment, Sylvia Plath finally succeeded in killing herself on February
10, 1963. Her failed attempts at committing suicide can perhaps be compared to the
repeated rebirth of the Phoenix. She remarks on the regular pattern of her failed
suicide attempts thus:

I
have done it again. One year in every ten I manage
it--

This poem "Lady
Lazarus" written in October 1962 was published after her death in the year 1965 and
although her body had returned to the dust she rises Phoenix like in this anthology
entitled "Ariel." In a sense, Sylvia Plath has been restored to life, by the power of
her own pen, by the power of her own words. That such a vital force was struck down by
depression perhaps makes her short life all the more tragic.

What is the symbol and number of neutrons in one atom of each of these elements?Barium, Carbon, Fluorine, Europium, Bismuth, Hydrogen, Magnesium,...

For the list of elements provided, the atomic symbol and
the number of neutrons in the nucleus of each atom
is:

Barium’s symbol is Ba and the number of protons is
56

Carbon’s symbol is C and the number of protons is
6

Fluorine symbol is F and the number of protons is
9

Europium symbol is Eu and the number of protons is
88

Bismuth symbol is Bi and the number of protons is
125

Hydrogen symbol is H and the number of protons is
0

Magnesium symbol is Mg and the number of protons is
12

Mercury symbol is Hg and the number of protons is
120

(The number of neutrons is calculated by subtracting
the atomic number from the atomic mass, as atomic number is the number of protons and
atomic mass is the sum of the neutrons and protons in the
nucleus)

Which sentence breaks the unity of the paragraph below written by C.D.B. Bryan?During the later stages of World War II, pilots of advanced fighter...

The sentence which breaks the unity of the paragraph is
the fourth sentence,

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"The Concorde regularly flies at several times
the speed of sound."

All the
other sentences address the topic introduced in the first sentence of the paragraph,
which is the problems encountered when World War II advanced fighter aircraft approached
the speed of sound during high-speed dives. There are three sentences which describe
exactly how these problems were manifest, with the planes being "buffeted and wrenched
about," the controls becoming ineffective and drag setting in, and, in extreme cases,
the planes actually breaking apart and crashing. The last sentence of the paragraph ties
the previously information together, telling what was done to fix the problem introduced
at the beginning of the paragraph and developed
thereafter.

Although the sentence about the Concorde talks
about one part of the topic, the sound barrier, it does not address the main point of
the topic, which is the fighter planes' problems with it. Thus, the sentence about the
Concorde breaks up the unity of the paragraph.

How does Dill's character and dialogue work to reveal Harper Lee's thematic message on innocence in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Dill is clearly the most innocent and naive character in
To Kill a Mockingbird; however, that does not mean he isn't aware
of some important aspects of human nature.  When we meet him, he's still wearing short
pants, which is why the Finch children assume he's much younger than he actually is. 
Charles Baker Harris is known as Dill, and because he has an active imagination, he
constantly makes up stories about himself and his family.  These tall tales are another
indicator that Dill is rather immature.  He wants to play games which focus on the
outrageous aspects of the Boo Radley story, as any child would. At the trial, Jem is
both incensed and wounded by the eventual outcome.  Jean Louise is relatively unmoved by
it all.  Dill, though, has to leave the courtroom because he has burst into tears after
Mr. Gilmer cross-examined Tom Robinson.  He has trouble articulating what has prompted
his outburst, other than to say,

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"It ain't right, somehow it ain't right  to do
'em that way.  Hasn't anybody got any business talkin' like that--it just makes me
sick."

And Dill is right. 
It's true that Mr. Gilmer was just doing his job, but Dill intuitively recognized the
injustice of the entire proceeding.  And that's the point, it seems to me, if even the
most naive and innocent child can understand the inherent injustice of this trial, why
can't the jurors?  Dill's innocent presence in the novel helps underscore the obvious
flaws in this town and its inhabitants.  His tears represent a loss of innocence due to
the deep-seated prejudices and biases of these people at this time in this place which
cost an innocent man his life.  He, apparently, understands what most adults who are
supposedly much smarter and experienced do not--that a human being has worth and dignity
no matter what color his skin, and he should be treated as
such. 

How does Plutarch's view of Cleopatra and Antony differ from that of medieval Christian moralists? Does Shakespeare agree with Plutarch?

As for Shakespeare's Antony, I would have to say yes, he
is responsible for his fall.

At the beginning of the play,
he is ruler of one third of the fledgling Roman Empire.  He is "stationed" so to speak
in Egypt.  Although he is married, it is no secret that he is having an affair with
Cleopatra.

When his wife dies, it opens the door for the
couple but because of the political situation, he marries Octavius's sister, Octavia. 
This does not stop the affair.

Foolishly Antony listens to
the queen and instead of fighting the invading Roman forces on land where he has proved
to be an excellent field command, he meets them at sea which proves to be
disastrous.

Antony made some very bad decisions, but he
made them and he is responsible for the result.  In the end, he had no other choice but
to fall on his sword.

What is another historic time period relevant to Heart of Darkness besides when they colonize Africa?I got the one time period where they colonize...

Colonization of the African continent began in the early
1800s--mostly begun by Christian missionaries--and reached fever pitch after the
mid-1800s, leading to the 1884-1885 West African Conference in Berlin organized by Otto
von Bismark, the German chancellor, which initiated the era of New Imperialism. If your
first time period is "where they colonize Africa," then you've covered a goodly span of
the 19th century and early 20th century.

A second time
period would be when Joseph Conrad wrote and published Heart of
Darkness. Conrad wrote the short novel in 1890 and it was published in
Victorian England in 1899 in London in Blackwood's Magazine.
Conrad, a naturalized English citizen originally having Polish citizenship, was sent on
a mission up the Congo to rescue a colony agent just as he relays in his story, which
was structured with an innovative narratorial technique.

Where can I find a crisis moment (point in a critical scene when a character must make a choice) in act III except Elizabeth's lie in the court??in...

Elizabeth's lie in the courtroom is perhaps the most
dramatic moment in Act III of The Crucible; but the crisis, it
seems to me, happens before that.  John has come to court to try to persuade them that
the girls were lying.  He tried several lesser arguments--no doubt hoping he could make
them see the truth without any great risk to himself--but to no avail.  It is only when
Proctor admits to his adulterous relationship with Abigail, the ringleader of the
accusing girls, that the judges take notice. 

This is a
pivotal moment, a crisis moment, for two reasons: 1) it does capture the attention of
the judges in a way nothing else did, and 2) by admitting to the sin/crime of adultery,
John Proctor has signed his own death warrant.  Adultery was a capital offense, and he
knew it.  In this case, the witchcraft accusations supercede the adultery, but he knows
his life will never be the same after this admission.  John Proctor's admission, I
think, is the moment of crisis in this act.  Elizabeth's well intentioned lie simply
seals their fates. 

How does long term morphine use affect the behavior of the user after medication is stopped, i.e., chemical changes to brain, logistical...

Morphine sulfate is a narcotic analgesic. All people that
take narcotics for any extended period of time can develop a physical or psychological
dependence to them (or both). Keep in mind that not all people develop either.  If
possible, it is best to slowly taper the dose off instead of stopping the medication
abruptly. Doing this will help the person physically and psychologically adapt to the
forthcoming stoppage.

As far as chemical changes to the
brain are concerned, per say there are none, however the person may crave the
medication, especially if they were on it for a long time. These cravings can definitely
lead to mood changes, they may become irritable or anxious. If they believe that nothing
else can help with their pain except morphine, this in itself may lead to
anxiety.

find the minimum of f(x) = 2x^2 - 4x + 3

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

First we
need to determine f'(x)

f'(x) = 4x -
4

Now we need to find the critical values for f(x) which is
f'(x)'s zero.

4x - 4 =
0

==> 4x = 4

==>
x= 1

Then f'(x) has a minimmum values at x=
1

==> f(1) = 2(1) - 4(1) +
3

              = 2 - 4 +
3

              = 1

Then f has
a minimmum value at (1, 1)

How has Anne Bronte used Helen Graham as a character to illustrate gender inequality in The Tenant of Wildfell Hall?

Although this novel is unique in Victorian fiction because
of its feminist themes, it nevertheless illustrates the gender inequalities of Victorian
England while at the same time, rejecting those inequalities. Helen (Mrs. Graham) does
many things in this novel that a nice Victorian woman would never do – argue with her
husband, slam the bedroom door in her husband’s face, hatch a secret plan to leave her
husband, plan to support herself, etc. While she was a scandalous example of a Victorian
woman, rebelling against the role that her society had assigned to her, she was still
trapped in a society in which women were relegated to second-class (or less) citizens,
good for having babies and catering to their
husbands.

Helen starts out as a typical Victorian woman.
She falls in love with a scoundrel and womanizer, but marries him in spite of her Aunt’s
advice to the contrary, believing she can reform him. She puts up with her husband
Arthur’s womanizing for quite some time, however. He leaves her to go to London for
months at a time, and she is left at home to entertain herself. Even after she gives
birth to a son, he continues in his wild ways. She is expected to remain at home and be
the dutiful wife while he carries on to such an extent that he becomes ill from so much
drinking and carousing. When Helen catches Arthur in the act of kissing her friend
Annabella, she must still ask for his permission to leave him with her son, and he
refuses. They are estranged, but they continue to live together because Helen has no
means to support herself. When Arthur takes Helen’s diary and reads it, thus discovering
her plan to leave him, he takes all of her money and destroys her artist tools with
which she was going to support herself by painting. She cannot support herself and her
little boy on the small amount of “allowance” that Arthur gives her. Helen must get help
from another man, her brother Lawrence, in order to leave her mentally abusive husband.
When Helen finally does get enough nerve to leave Arthur after he starts to have a bad
influence on her son, she must disguise herself as a widow – which is more respectable
than being a fleeing wife. When Helen moves to Wildfell Hall (her childhood home) to be
next to her brother Lawrence, Gilbert Markham falls in love with her, but is constantly
worrying about their difference in social class – she might be beneath him. In fact, his
fiancee is also not good enough for Gilbert, according to Gilbert’s mother. Helen
eventually inherits money from her uncle and becomes a wealthy widow after her abusive
husband Arthur finally dies. Gilbert is still in love with her, and goes to visit her
thinking she has remarried Mr. Hargrave (who has loved Helen in the past), but he
concludes that the difference in their social stations ultimately must prevent him from
marrying her. When Gilbert finds out that Helen is now wealthy, they eventually wind up
getting married, again illustrating that in Victorian society, if Helen had remained
poor, Gilbert would no doubt have not married her in spite of how much he loved
her.

In The Crucible what do the girls do at the end of Act One?

This stage of the play marks a very disturbing shift from
what has been "play" or "sport" with the girls dancing naked with Tituba in the woods to
something that casts its dark shadow over all of Salem. Note how Tituba is pressurised
into "confessing" and also how she is pressurised into denouncing others who are
witches. Parris himself says to her: "You must confess yourself or I will take you out
and whip you to your death, Tituba!", and then Putnam follows up directly by saying:
"This woman must be hanged! She must be taken and hanged!" Clearly Tituba has a rather
unfair choice to make, which will then go on to face so many others in Salem - she
either confesses and denounces others or dies.

Note what
Hale says to Tituba when she confesses and begins to say she saw
others:

You
are God's instrument put in our hands to discover the Devil's agents among us. You are
selected, Tituba, you are chosen to help us cleanse our village. So speak utterly,
Tituba, turn your back on him and face God - face God, Tituba, and God will protect
you.

It is clear that turning
to God also means there is the expectation that you will turn others in. As Abigail sees
what is happening she herself "confesses" and turns others in
too:

I want to
open myself! I want the light of God, I want the sweet love of Jesus! I danced for the
Devil; I saw him; I wrote in his book; I go back to Jesus; I kiss His hand. I saw Sarah
Good with the Devil! I saw Goody Osburn with the Devil! I saw Bridged Bishop with the
Devil!

Hearing this, the
other girls begin to join in, denouncing other people in Salem, accusing them of being
seen with the Devil, and thus the witch trials begin.

Explain the poem "The Voice" with full details."The voice" by Thomas Hardy.

Of course, probably whole dissertations have been
written about this poem, so I will just give you an overall summary of this poem to help
you examine it in greater details by yourself. You have picked one of my favourite Hardy
poems to look at and analyse! This poem is part of a sequence of poetry that remembers
his marriage to Emma and his love for her. It is one of many elegies that he wrote after
her death as he tries to come to terms with his grief and the loss of
her.

This poem thus begins with Hardy hearing Emma's voice
calling him, saying that she has reverted to her earlier self which he loved so much.
However, the poem raises serious doubts about whether it is really her or not. Hardy
says he wants to see her as she was in Cornwall in the earliest days of their courtship.
But already he has lost his confidence in her reality. Perhaps it was just the sound of
the breeze. Emma is gone forever and he is a desolate old man. In my opinion, this is
one of the bleakest poems in the sequence of elegies. The last stanza, from my
perspective, is incredibly masterful as we are left with the picture of a grief stricken
old man trying to move on, both physically and emotionally, in his
life:

Thus I;
faltering forward,

Leaves around me
falling,

Wind oozing thin through the thorn from
norward,

And the woman
calling.

We are left with a
picture of a man haunted by the possibility of hearing his dead wife and trying to press
on with great difficulty. Note the alliteration that gives this stanza its structure in
"faltering forward" and "falling" and then "thin through the thorn" which present a very
bleak picture. The poem ends where it began - with the tantalising yet haunting voice of
his love on the wind and the speaker of the poem struggling to live with the loss of his
wife.

What is anisocytosis?

Anisocytosis has to do with red blood cells. Usually,
individual red blood cells are roughly about the same size as other red blood cells.
Anisocytosis refers to a condition that results in red blood cells being different
sizes. This happens usually because of another disease that is present in the body,
usually some type of anemia. Symptoms of anisocytosis are shortness of breath, fatigue,
and heart pounding. These symptoms are usually present because the body cannot carry
oxygen effectively. Some cases are relatively mild while other cases can be fairly
severe. This is why it is important to have the condition treated
properly.

What is the relationship between Ben and willy in the play, Death of a Salesman?

Ben would like Willy to take after him, move to Alaska,
take a chance, work outdoors, and become a true
success. 

Willy esteems and admires Ben and is tempted to
do exactly what Ben suggests. However, Willy is persuaded by a more corporate version of
the American Dream and he remains at home, with his family, attempting to work his way
to partnership with his employers. 

Ben represents both
boldness and the achievement of wealth to Willy. These characteristics can be seen as an
articulation of self and self-determination which eludes Willy, who is not in a position
of self-determinacy or potential success. The fact that he commits suicide as  a money
making venture is a clear indication of Willy's lack of economic
potency. 

Willy's relationship to Ben, then, can be seen
also as a representation of Willy's relationship to success (and
failure).

When someone who has put on perfume enters a room, the fragrance is soon smelled in other parts of the room. Explain in terms of the movement...

The short answer is
diffusion.

According to kinetic molecular theory, all
particles of all substances are in constant motion as long as the temperature is above
absolute zero.

In solids, the motion is mainly the internal
vibration of atoms of the substance, but in liquids and gases the individual particles
can move about.

You can see this in a liquid if you place a
tea bag on top of a container of water. Over time the tea diffuses into the water and
the entire container becomes tea. The rate at which this takes place depends on the
temperature with diffusion occurring faster as the temperature
increases.

In the case of the perfume, perfume is very
volatile. This means it easily changes from a liquid to a gas at room temperature. When
you spray the perfume, tiny droplets of the liquid are atomized into the air where they
quickly evaporate. The gas particles move randomly about, diffusing into surrounding air
in the room, becoming more dilute as they spread out. Soon the entire room contains some
of the perfume molecules.

Of course this is also true for
the odor of a skunk, rotten eggs, and leaking natural gas.

What are some of the themes, symbols, and historical context of the story?

HISTORICAL SETTING

Written in
1926, Ernest Hemingway's "The Killers" is a story set in the historical period of
Prohibition when organized crime was at its rampant with such larger-than-life figures
as Al Capone and Dutch Schultz controlling the bootlegging industry.  In addition,
Hemingway's disillusionment with American in the wake of World War I is also present in
this narrative of two professional
killers.

STYLE

Hemingway uses
gangster-like dialogue, as well, to characterize the killers.  They are disinterested in
where they are; they are just there to do a job.  The triviality of their discussion
also indicates their callousness and cold-blooded
nature:

"This
is a hot town," said the other.  "What do they call
it?"

"Summit."

"Ever hear of
it?" Al asked his friend.

"No," said the
friend.

Their conversation
later is peppered with insults, wisecracks, and slang. For instance, they demean the
black cook and call Nick "bright boy."  Nor do they answer any questions
directly:

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"What do you think it's all
about?"

"I don't know."

"What
do you think?"

Max looked into the mirror all the time he
was talking.

"I wouldn't
say."

Other characters reveal
their personalities in their speech, as well.  When George speaks he indicates his
desire for uninvolvement, while Nick displays his naivete in his words of
incredulity.

THEMES

Typically,
masculinity is a theme.  The gangsters ridicule the cook George as he
serves food, telling him he will make someone a good wife. And, they tease Nick about
being a mere boy.

Chaos is
also a theme as the killers come to town to kill Old Swede, knowing that he eats at
Henry's at six o'clock, yet they ask the name of the town, and when told, Max says that
he has never heard of it.  Similarly, Nick confuses Mrs. Bell at the boardinghouse with
Mrs. Hirsch, who is the owner.  These differences in the appearance of the world and the
reality of it greatly confuses and disturbs Nick.

In
addition, there is the theme of Crime that is prevalent. 
With the mob bribing policemen in the big cities, no one was safe.  Max and Al's
flouting of their errand to kill with no worry of reprisals suggests that there is
little that any one can do about the prevalence of crime.  George's sense of resignation
to this state is also disturbing as he says that crime is someone else's
responsibility.  He even delegates Nick to warn Old Swede.  Nick's response is that of
Hemingway himself:  disillusionment.  He wants to run away from the town rather than
accept its gratuitous dangers:

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"I wonder what he did?" Nick
said.

"Double-crossed somebody.  That's what they kill them
for."

"I'm going to get out of this town," Nick
said.

"Yes," said George.  "That's a good thing to
do."

"I can't stand to think about him waiting in the room
and knowing he's going to get it.  It's too damned
awful."

"Well, said George, "you better not think about
it."

What are the heroic qualities of Othello ?give reference to the text Othello by William Shakespeare

Othello is a North African “Moor” leading Venetian forces
against the Turks of the Ottoman Empire in defense of the Venetian colony of
Cyprus. Othello’s first appearance on stage allows readers to compare him with Iago’s
slanderous portrait. Othello speaks with absolute self-possession and dignity and
assumes that his merits will speak for themselves. He refuses to be drawn into violence
by Brabantio and the mob who threaten him, and his behavior offers a striking contrast
to Brabantio’s hysterical speeches. Othello offers a passionate and persuasive account
of his wooing of Desdemona that nevertheless amplifies earlier intimations that his
marriage is a cause of anxiety. He has previously associated entering into marriage with
a circumscription of his identity and a restriction upon his freedom of movement. His
description of why he loves Desdemona focuses exclusively on his utter investment in
Desdemona’s love for him. When Desdemona frankly insists that she wishes to accompany
Othello to Cyprus (and consummate her marriage), Othello supports her plea more
cautiously, insisting that her presence will not detract from his warrior identity.
Othello exhibits a certain self-division: his notion of himself as warrior-leader seems
at odds with his imagination of himself as Desdemona’s husband. This will make him
particularly vulnerable to Iago’s manipulations.

2sin3x -1 = 0

To solve 2sin3x - 1 =
0

2sin3x -1 +1 = 0+1

2sin3x =
1

sin3x =1/2 =sin 30 = sin (n*180+(-1)^n* 30) deg, n
=0,1,2,...

3x = (180n+(-1)^n*30)/3 deg, n= 0,
1,2,...

x= (180n+(-1)^n30)/3 deg,
n=0,1,2...

x = (60n+(-1)^n*10) deg, n=
0,1,2,3..

x= 10 , 50,   130,   170, 250, 290, 370  in deg
 etc

What is the main lesson in The Wednesday Wars that the author wants readers to remember?

The main lesson from The Wednesday
Wars, a coming-of-age story about tranformation, revolves around finding
friendship, love, and an expression of one's selfhood. The Wednesday wars are between
Mrs. Baker and Holling. She is disciplining him and tutoring him, but soon they begin to
mutually help each other and form a friendship that straddles the age and authority
differences.

As Holling goes through his transformation,
starting out as a isolated boy in middle school then becoming a boy with confident
self-expression in middle school, he reaches out to rescue his sisiter, thereby putting
an end to thier war against each other; he learns from Shakespeare important lessons on
life and being, thereby putting an end to his war against lessons; and he is mentored
and encouraged by the person responsible for his Wednesday wars, thereby putting an end
to his war against Mrs. Baker.

In the end,
Holling learns about and acquires friends as well as learning about and expressing love.
He even has a romance of own with Meryl Lee. Moreover, Holling learns to express talents
and intellectual abilities he finds within himself.

Are you satisfied that Lady Macbeth is revealed in this state at the beginning of Act 5, or do you think that she should have had more scenes...

I do not fully agree with the answer posted here. Lady
Macbeth, in my opinion, should not be seen as a wicked and fiendish woman. To
see her and Macbeth like that is to do injustice to the moral nuances which are at the
core of this play. In a play, which is so centrally about the indistinctions between
good and evil and about the mutual convertibility of the two, one should not reduce Lady
Macbeth to a witch-like figure at all.

In my opinion, she
too, like Macbeth is a tragic character and hers is primarily a tragedy of love. It is
her desire to be more important to Macbeth and of course to see her husband as the king
that she does all this. But ironically enough, the crowning only alienates her from
Macbeth, as she poignantly admits in the 'nought's had all's spent'
speech.

The sleep-walikng scene, I think, makes the
audience feel sympathetic towards her. Her sad ruined state of mind is painfully tragic
indeed. As for the psychological suffering as a passive suffering, I do not think so. In
the modern age of psychoanalysis, I do not think calling psychological suffering
'passive' is tenable at all.

If she is made to suffer in
the mind and Macbeth in the body, that further attests Freud's basic thesis about the
couple as representations of two different aspects of a unitary
being.

It was Macbeth who had done the deed and Lady
Macbeth had planned it for him. So, in the very nature of their contributions to the
crime, there was always the physical-mental ratio, if I may put it like
that.

Compare the force of "the other" in Bram Stoker's Dracula and in Chopin's The Awakening.

I would suggest that "the other" in both works is the
element of breaking from social conformity.  "The other" is the force that disrupts the
social conformist structure in which characters find themselves.  In Chopin's work, Edna
finds herself entranced by "the other," a social setting which suppresses her desires,
limiting her to not being able to act upon her own wishes.  This "other" haunts Edna, as
she finds herself unable to break through of it in her social interactions outside of
what she feels with Robert and in her condition as a "mother- woman."  In Stoker's work,
Dracula represents "the other" in a form of being that challenges conventional
understanding of social interactions.  Dracula is the force against which the men of
"accepted" social standing ally themselves and commit themselves to defeating.  In this,
"the other" is seen as a negative entity in a social setting that clearly delineates
what is acceptable and what is not.  In Chopin's work, "the other" as seen as a part of
what it means to be a woman in a male- dominated setting.  In both works, "the other" is
that force running counter to social expectations.  The need to understand it is
something that neither social setting seems prepared to do, and thus the desire to
obliterate or suppress it.

Why did General Zaroff first come to the island in "The Most Dangerous Game"?

The reason that General Zaroff came to this island was so
that he would have some place where he would be able to hunt human
beings.

General Zaroff tells Rainsford that he had hunted
every kind of animal.  He had tried every animal that was supposed to be smart and hard
to hunt.  He did this because he wanted a challenge.  But every single one of those
animals disappointed him.  None of them was smart enough to challenge him.  So he
decided to start hunting people and he bought this island so he could do that.  Here is
the relevant quote:

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I needed a new animal. I found one.
So I bought this island built this house, and here I do my hunting.

What is Dimmesdale like after leaving Boston?

Dimmesdale never left Boston. He actually died at the
scaffold of a combination of heartache, guilt, the strain placed upon him through
physical stress, and the psychological strain of his life.

Dimmesdale was an ill man, weak both mentally,
spiritually, and physically. He was a broken man because he failed himself, God, and his
promise to his congregation. He was so guilty that he punished himself. He was such a
broken man, that he knew his only way was to suffer somehow what Hester was going
through.

What Dimmesdale did do was
planto leave for Europe with Hester to escape the settlement of
Boston, the punishments of Chillingworth, and the problematic situation in which
Dimmesdale and Hester got into. Once the decision was made a big weight was lifted off
Arthur Dimmesdale. He felt happy, joyful, hopeful. He was still ill from the years of
past self-punishment, but both he and Hester felt that this would be a great solution.

What is the significance of Beloved constantly needing sugar after she has come back to Sethe? She flies into a rage and destroys things without it.

Beloved is the representation of guilt and sadness Sethe
carries with her permanently about what she has done to her children to keep them from
slavery.  Beloved's constant need for sugar is the representation of Sethe trying to
make up for what she's done, to placate and spoil the Beloved she has denied life to, as
it were.  She spends money foolishly, money she doesn't have, and acts out of guilt and
shame at Beloved's every whim and need because it is the only way her character can live
with herself and the crime she's committed.

While, as
readers, we sympathize with and feel the cruel victimization Sethe has gone through in
her life, knowing the ugly truth at the end of the story makes it difficult to forgive
her - as difficult as it is for Sethe to forgive
herself.

Beloved is her permanent, immature and enraged
reminder.

Compare and contrast the three bullfighters in The Sun Also Rises.

You can read about this in Chapter 18. There are three
bull fighters - Belmonte, Marcial and Romero. Belmonte was very good, but he was past
his prime. Although he was famous, the people expected him to be more than very good -
they expected him to be perfect, which he was not. He worked close to the bull, but in
his own terrain. If a bull fighter enters the bull's terrain, he can be killed because
he is too close to the bull. When he was a younger man, Belmonte always worked in the
bull's terrain but in this bull fight, he stays in his own terrain. This is not exciting
and the crowd is not pleased.

Marcial's performance was
also mediocre. Belmonte did not worry about competing with Marcial because he, too, was
past his prime.

Romero was young and had a unique talent
for bull fighting. He was able to use his cape skillfully to entice the bull, and he
moved with grace. He was often in the bull's terrain. One of the bulls he was fighting
could not see well, and the crowd wanted this bull removed, but the president refused.
Because the bull could not see well, he could not see the colors of the cape, so Romero
had to get very, very close to him. Romero took his time and played with the bull, the
bull thought Romero had given up, so he charged and Romero immediately put his cape out
in front of the bull in a skillfull move before Romero threw his muleta over the bull's
head to blind him.

Compare how George and Lennie respond to Curley's wife. Use quotations to show their reaction, and explain them.Chapter 2 of Of Mice and Men

In John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men,
Curley's wife is an Eve, a temptress.  When she appears in the doorway and asks for
Curley, George makes the effort to avoid eye contact, and then hopes to dismiss
her: 

George
looked away from her and then back.  "He was in here a minute ago, but he
went."

Rather than leaving,
Curley's wife stands "so that her body was thrown forward," inviting attention. And,
although she seems to not notice Lennie's leer, "she bridled a little"; that is, she
draws up her chin and head in disdain for him.  Yet,

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Lennie watched her, fascinated.  George said,
"If I see him [Curley], I'll pass the word you was looking for
him."

She smiled archly and twitched her body.  "Nobody
can't blame a person for lookin'," she
said.

Curley's wife
understands with George's "brusque" words that although Curley may have been there, "he
ain't now"; and, George's repetition of "I'll pass the word you was looking," that she
is being told to leave by George, for she replies,

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"Nobody can't blame a person for
lookin',"

Clearly, George
recognizes that Curley's wife, dressed with flashy red shoes and nails and lips is
trouble, while the child-like Lennie does not understand the danger of this temptress. 
When George learns of her from old Candy, he bemoans, "Looks like we was gonna have
fun."  Unlike Lennie, George realizes the change in men's behaviors when a woman like
Curley's wife is about.  Just as he has to warn Lennie about Curley, George must warn
Lennie about Curley's wife: "a piece of jail bait.....You leave her
be."

In this scene, there is much foreshadowing of the
events to come.  First, George has to warn Lennie about Curley, who is antagonistic
toward Lennie especially.  Then, George must caution Lennie to avoid Curley's wife,
telling him to avoid "the rat-trap" that will trap him in a situation if she
can.

Express the following with positive indices 3 and p to the power of -2 and q divide by r to the power of -3

To express in positive
indices:

3 and p to the power of  -2 and
q

divide by r to the power of
-3.

Solution:

'and' is taken
as mulplication.

The given expression words
becomes

(3 and p to the power of -2 and q)/r to the power
of -3

(3p^(-2q))/(r^(-3).

Now
we use a^(-b) =  1/a^b.

Therefore  (3p^(-2q))/(r^(-3)) =
(3/P^(2q))/ (1/r^3)

(3/p^(2q))/(1/r^3) =
3r^3/p^(2q)

Therefore {3p^(-2q) }/r^(-3) = 3r^3/p^(2q) in
which all the powers  p  and q are in  positive form.

How do you write an analytical essay about an analysis of an article?What must you include in it and what must you avoid in an analytical essay...

Writing an analytical essay, of course, shares
similarities with the writing of any essay. 

1. It appears
that the assignment is to analyze an article, so in the introduction, you need to
paraphrase the thesis of the article including the author's name and title of the
article.  Then write a thesis statement of your own that states the points you intend to
make concerning the article's main ideas.

2. In order to
critique the ideas presented in the article, it is necessary to summarize the ones to
which you are responding.  Using the same sequence of ideas as the author is a good
idea; citing passages and connecting the ideas with transitions, etc. is also essential
in maintaining coherence.

3.  Critique the author's
points.  As you critique, restate very briefly the author's point, then state whether
you agree or disagress [you can use the words "one strong point" to indicate agreement,
rather than writing "in agreement, etc."]  Finally, evaluate the author's evidence and
reasoning to indicate whether you agree or disagree with the points.  In other words,
each of your points should be a response to points in the article you
critique.

4.  Draw a conclusion, summing up your overall
reaction to the validity of the source, the strengths and weaknesses of the article as
you evaluate how well it achieves its purpose.  (Do not make the conclusion too
long--one paragraph is good.)

For additional help see the
following cites below:

Which type of ecological pyramid best traces the flow of matter through an ecosystem?good

In ecology, a food chain can be presented in a pyramid
chart. To trace the flow of matter through the ecosystem, one could consider a pyramid
of  numbers. At the base, which is the widest part of the pyramid, the most organisms in
the food chain would be present and would contain the most matter. That level would
contain the producers or autotrophs. This level would contain the most organisms in
terms of sheer number and thus, the most matter(as well as energy). The level above
this, the consumers, specifically herbivores, would have less matter as their numbers
would be far less. And, it takes a lot of plant matter, to keep one herbivore alive. So,
as you go from the bottom level up to the next level, the number of organisms, continues
to go down.  The amount of matter will decrease with each level you go up to. The third
level in the pyramid would be consumers(carnivores) which would eat the herbivores in
the previous level. Again, the amount of carnivores, compared to the herbivores in the
level below them, decreases. It would take a lot of herbivores, which are prey to feed
one large carnivore. So, as the pyramid continues to the top, the number of organisms in
each level decreases, and so does the amount of matter (as well as energy) in that
level.

Compare ionic compounds & simple molecular covalent compounds based on 3 properties: melting & boiling points, solubility in water & ...organic...

Ionic compounds have high boiling n melting points,cuz of
strong forces of attraction between their molecules.Covalent compounds have low BP n MP
as their atoms n molecules are not bound with electrostatic forces of
attraction.

Ionic compounds are water soluble n generally
don't dissolve in organic solvents.They ionise in water 2 conduct electricity in the
molten or fused state.

Covalent compounds don't dissolve in
water,but are soluble in organic solvents like alchohol,ether,etc.Due 2 absense of ions
in their structure,they don't conduct electricity in any state.

Give a short description of all characters of "The Necklace," by Guy de Maupassant.

You may want to consider the necklace itself as an
understood protagonist, and the cause of the basic problem of the
story.

The necklace is not just a static nor plain object:
It is a symbol of the desperate want of Madame Loiselle for a better life, a higher
status, and the need for appearing successful to to the
world.

The necklace, as an understood "character" changes
throughout the story: At first, as readers, we think it is a gorgeous piece of art,
worthy of thousands of francs. In reality, the necklace has duped the reader as it duped
Madame Loiselle: It was nothing but a paste-based fake diamond piece of
jewelry.

Therefore, the object itself is representative of
what richness "appears to be": A world of glitz, glamour, shiny things and worthy of
admiration. Yet, as we find out that the necklace is a fake, so is the fantasy of
thinking that money can buy class, status, rank and, most importantly: happiness and
satisfaction.

Write the first six terms of the sequence given by : a1=a2=1 an=2*an-1 + 3*an-2, n>2 n n.n-1,n-2 is an index.

a1 = a2 =1

an = 2an-1 +3an-2 
n > 2.

Applying the relation, for n
=3,4,5,6

a3 = 2a2+3a1 =2+3 =
5,

a4 =2a3+3a2 = 2*5 +3*1 =
13

a5 = 2a4+3a3 = 2*13+3*5
=41

a6 = 2a5+3a4 = 2*41+3*13 =
121.

So 1,   1,   4,    13,   41, and 121  are the first 6
terms.

Who influenced Usher, the singer, on his songs?

The previous post was quite strong.  Usher had been
influenced by the idea of the "showman," the notion that an artist had to be as dynamic
as possible in as many realms as possible.  Ben Vereen and Bob Fosse, as well as Sammy
Davis, Jr. were talented dancers, singers, and personalities.  They expanded the idea of
what the artist needed to be. I think that another name in this dialogue would have to
be Michael Jackson.  There is a great deal of parallel in both Usher and Jackson.  Their
styles of song, including pop rhythms and melodies in consistent time which allow people
to retain it in their minds and dance to it, are very similar.  Along these lines, their
styles of dancing are extremely similar.  Usher might be one of the few truly commercial
artists that have done a great job of carrying on the dancing legacy of Michael Jackson.
 When Usher mimicked the moonwalk, it was a moment where one could see the figurative
torch passed to the new generation.  This feeds into his songs, which are very danceable
and represent a pop as well as R&B element, similar to
Michael's.

what is the social disorganization theory?

The social disorganization theory explains the incidence
of criminal behavior in a sociological strata. It basically states that in chaotic
neighborhoods without basic norms of proper social relationships, and without a
fostering sense of community is unable to create an organized community where rules are
established for the common benefit.

Instead, the lack of
organization fosters chaos which, in turn, fosters criminal and illegal behavior. Hence,
the theory states that neighborhoods with poor quality of life is more likely to suffer
from crimes than more organized communities.

What is a product that has been subsidized by the government that has helped some people and hurt other people?i need a example of a situation in...

Subsidies of crops such as corn and products such as milk
for decades has supported those large producers and landowners of agribusiness inc. by
giving them guaranteed incomes and insulation against crop losses or the low prices
associated with overproduction.  This allowed them to grow much larger without fear of
overextending themselves.

At the same time, these larger
companies were then able to offer lower prices for their subsidized products than the
small family farmer, often living from harvest to harvest.  As the small family farms
did not benefit as much from the subsidies that favored large agribusiness, they often
went bankrupt or were forced to sell to those same larger
companies.

So we have a stable food supply, with stable
prices for the most part, but the small farmer has been hurt in the long run and is a
dying breed.

What are the personality traits of the astrologer that make him successful in his profession in Narayan's "An Astrologer's Day"?

First of all, it will be hard to establish that the
astrologer was in fact successful in his profession. The narrator says specifically that
 the astrologer is not a true astrologer:

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he had not the least intended to be an astrologer
when he began life ; and he knew no more of what was going to happen to others than he
knew what was going to happen to himself ... . He was as much a stranger to the stars as
were his Innocent
customers.

True astrologers
in India are most often of the Brahman class who have studied under a guru for extensive
periods of time and attained various levels of mastery. So, in the strictest sense, it
is not possible to say that the astrologer was a success at his profession because he is
what we would call an impostor or a charlatan and not a bonafide member of the
profession he claims. Nonetheless, within the text are some indicators for the success
the astrologer has as a charlatan astrologer who fools his
customers.

The first thing that makes him a success is his attire,
both the garments he wears and the religious symbols he paints on his
face:

He wound
a saffron-coloured turban around his head.
His forehead was resplendent with
sacred ash and vermillion.
This colour scheme never
failed.

While recognizing
that attire is not a personality trait, the narrator’s description of it reveals the
astrologer’s personality traits of sagacity (i.e., discernment and judgement) and
empathy with (i.e., identifying with) others’ perceptions. This is born out in other
parts of the story, for instance when the narrator says the astrologer “said things
which pleased and astonished everyone” as a result of (1) studying the person talking,
(2) long experience (“practice”), and (3) “shrewd guesswork.” Studying people and
“shrewd (i.e., astute, keen) guess work” go hand in hand with the personality traits of
sagacity and empathy.

Another personality trait that the narrator
reveals is that of feeling true guilt: "I thought I had the blood of a man on my hands
all these years." If he did not feel truly guilty for stabbing his acquaintance over a
drunken gambling incident, he wouldn’t have had the impetus (i.e., driving force) to
make a successful living at something entirely outside the realm of his previous
knowledge and experience. In other words, his sense of true guilt made him understand
that he dearly needed a good cover and new identity; others may have continued in a path
of error and wrong doing.

The astrologer’s closing conversation with
his wife reveals another personality trait that contributes to success in his chosen
work, that of being able to focus deeply on the thing that is important at the moment.
For instance, this personality trait is at work when he listens intently to a new
customer: “[he] never opened his mouth till the other had spoken for at least ten
minutes.” Another instance of this trait of focusing intently is that after meeting his
victim face to face again; after realizing that he is now free of guilt; after
deflecting the victim's vengeance; and after making a confession to his shocked wife
(“You tried to kill !”), he can still focus on the immediate moment and what is needful
in that moment and give himself a good night’s rest so he can be an astrologer again
tomorrow.

What is Balance of Payments?

Balance of payments is a term that refers to the net value
of transactions that people in one country make with people in another country or
countries.  We tend to use the term balance of payments to mean the same thing as
balance of trade, but it is not exactly the same
thing.

Instead, the balance of payments is made up of a few
different statistics, one of which is the "current account" or balance of trade.  Any
one of the statistical categories can be positive or negative.  One country can have a
trade deficit with another country.  However, the whole balance of payments cannot be
positive or negative.  It must be balanced at a net of zero.  This is because, for
example, when we run a trade deficit with China, it is balanced by them lending us
money.

How do you solve this? (6/xy-2/y^2)/(1/x+4/y)Perform the indicated operation and express your answer in the simplest form.

We have to solve
(6/xy-2/y^2)/(1/x+4/y)

Now
(6/xy-2/y^2)/(1/x+4/y)

making the denominator of all the
terms in the numerator the same

=> (6*y/xy^2 -
2x/xy^2)/ (1/x + 4/y)

do the same for the terms in the
denominator

=> [(6y - 2x)/xy^2] / (y/xy +
4x/xy)

=> [(6y - 2x)/xy^2] /
[(y+4x)/xy]

=> [(6y - 2x)*xy] /
xy^2*(y+4x)

cancelling the common
terms

=>[(6y - 2x)] /
y*(y+4x)

=> (6y-2x) /
y*(y+4x)

=> 2(3y - x) / y
(y+4x)

The required form is : [2*(3y - x)] /
[y*(y+4x)]

Mae travels to a house & she fell asleep 1/2 of the way there. She awakes & still has 1/2 the distance she slept to get there.What part...

Okay, the first thing to think about is this: at the point
that she goes to sleep, how much of the journey is left.  The answer of course is
1/2.

So now we look at the remaining half of the journey. 
Let us divide it up into the part she sleeps and the part that still remains.  We should
divide that into three parts because the part she sleeps is twice as much as the part
that still remains.  So of those three equal parts of the second half, she sleeps 2 and
has one remaining.

This means that she sleeps 2/3 of the
last 1/2 of the journey.  If you multiply 2/3 by 1/2, you get 1/3 of the entire
journey.

To do this in numbers rather than
words:

Let T = time awake.

We
know that 2t is time asleep because she slept twice as long as she was
awake.

We know that 2t + t = 1/2 of the whole
journey.

So now 3t =
1/2

Divide both sides by 3
and

t = 1/6

Now we know that
2t was how long she slept.  If t = 1/6, 2t = 2/6, which is
1/3.

So the time she slept, which we are calling 2t is 1/3
of the whole journey.

Why is social responsibility at a low pitch in India? ethics

The assumption in the question that levels social
responsibility in India is at low pitch as compared to international practices does not
appear to be valid. In addition the implied assumption fails to give any clue to what is
considered to be adequate level of social
responsibility.

The performance of Indian companies in
terms of social responsibility may appear to be low as compared to those in some
developed because of the general lower standard of living that people here can afford.
Adequacy of what a company does to meet its social responsibility must be viewed in
relation to its resources. I believe the i general the Indian businessmen and companies
are in general do have high ethical standards and voluntarily spend considerable efforts
and resources towards social causes.

What is the main setting of the story Travel Team by Mike Lupica?

The setting of a story includes a few elements.  First,
part of the setting is the place where the story is set.  A
story may be set in one place, or it may move from one place to another.  Another
element of the setting is the time during which the story
occurs.  The author may specify an actual day or year or the time may simply be a
reference to the time of day.  Finally, the setting also includes the
atmosphere of the story or the
mood that characterizes the atmosphere of the story. 
Details such as characters' actions, weather, and color imagery (to name a few) may
suggest the feeling or mood in the story.

The main setting
of Travel Team by Mike Lupica is Middletown.  The story shifts from
Danny Walker's home in Middletown to his school St. Pat's.  There are no specific dates
set in the novel, so the reader assumes that it is set in contemporary times over the
course of several weeks.  The overall mood of the story is uplifting as Danny faces many
setbacks from being too short to play basketball to his eventual display of leadership
on the team.

I need help analyzing themes and how poetic devices add to the thems of the poem "Clouds."explain themes and metaphors etc. and at least two poetic...

In "Clouds," the poet W. Symborska uses a kind of
negative personification a number of times in his descriptions of clouds.  In other
words, the poet describes how clouds do not act like
people. 

The clouds "don’t repeat a single shape, shade,
pose, [or] arrangement."

The clouds are "unburdened by
memory of any kind."

They "float easily over the facts" and
cannot "bear witness" to anything.

The poet also compares
clouds to a "haughty fleet" of ships that "cruises smoothly over your whole
life."

The poet seems to be using these metaphors and
personifications in order to reflect on the very different nature of human beings.  In
contrast to clouds, humans are burdened by memories; they bear witness to, and are
affected, by many different events; and they do not "cruise smoothly" through
life.

How are hate and revenge displayed in Romeo and Juliet?What actions and quotes are said to prove that there is hate and revenge in the play?

There are many quotes and points of action in the play
that reveal the hatred between the Capulets and Montagues and cries for and actions of
revenge.  So, I will focus on a main character whose sole function could be said to be
to display the hatred of the Capulets for the Montagues --
Tybalt.

In Act I, Scene i, Tybalt happens upon the servants
of both houses brawling in the streets, and rather than "keep the peace" as ordered by
The Prince, he pours oil on the fire by taunting
Benvolio:

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What drawn and talk of peace?  I hate the
word,

As I hate hell, all Montagues, and
thee.

Later in the Act at the
Capulet party, he recognizes Romeo and tells Lord Capulet that he will call Romeo out
then and there.  Capulet wants to keep the party atmosphere and has his patience so
tried by Tybalt's insistence upon throwing Romeo out that he loses his temper and
commands Tybalt to ignore Romeo.  Tybalt exits the scene with a nice foreshadowing of
the duel to come with Romeo:

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I will withdraw.  But this intrusion
shall

Now seeming sweet, convert to bitt'rest
gall.

And finally, he is so
bent on revenge against Romeo for besmirching his family's gathering, that he takes up
Mercutio's challenge when Romeo refuses to fight.  Once Tybalt slays Mercutio, he's
still ready for Romeo, inflaming Romeo's anger by calling him "boy."  They fight, and
Romeo kills Tybalt and must flee.

In Romeo and
Juliet, Tybalt is the closest thing to a villain in the play.  This is
important because, in order for Romeo to remain the hero the audience is rooting for,
Tybalt should be seen as an instigator of the "evil" actions of the play.  He should
appear to the audience as someone who bears the responsibility for the duel that goes
against the ruling for peace and causes Romeo's banishment.

People think that John's suicide was positive and enlightened. Some also think that it is a sign of feebleness. Explain each of these...

In Julius Caesar, after they realize
that they are defeated and will be captured and humiliated, in Roman fashion Brutus and
Cassius each have their servants hold their swords while they run themselves upon them. 
Such a death is considered nobler by the Romans.  Such is also the case with the "noble
savage," John, well-read in the works of Shakespeare, and who literally lives
Shakespeare as a means of creating a reality for himself (in his last converstaion with
Mustapha Mond, John uses Hamlet's words).  For, he, too, realizes that he has been
defeated in his attempt at escape since it is really just another experiment for
Mustapha Mond.  So, rather than be an exhibit for the residents of the New World and be
humiliated as though he is part of a circus entertainment, John takes his exit from the
his defilement with Lena and the tragedy that has become his life.  His act is not an
act of weakness.  Were he weak, he could just take soma and live
out his life in a lifeless state.  Or, he could surrender to Mond and the state of the
New World and conform. Instead, he wreaks his final act of penance for succumbing to his
physical urges after the woman resembling Lena arrives out of a helicopter and the
ensuing orgy from which he awakens:  "Oh, my God! my God!"

In Of Mice and Men, what is the significance of the rabbits and the dream of a farm that George and Lennie repeat?Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Robert Browning words,

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Ah, but a man's reach should exceed his grasp, or
what's a heaven
for?

certainly characterize
the dream of Lennie and George. In order for their desperate lives to have some hope,
George recites the words of the dream for Lennie; in order for him to derive the
satisfaction of child-like imagination, Lennie has George recite this dream. It is this
dream and their friendship which gives meaning to the lives of the two men, significance
that is missing for the others.

Thus, the significance of
the dream is that it gives Lennie and George a reason to work and to live.  In the
setting of the Great Depression, in which Steinbeck's novella is set, the plight of the
displaced white male was great; in fact, thousands were alienated and alone.  Living
lives of "quiet desperation" as Thoreau wrote, these men who once pursued an
unattainable American dream now sought refuge in fraternity with one another.  Woody
Guthrie, who traveled thousands of miles by railway, sang of this loneliness and despair
while bringing men together.  In order to escape these feelings of alienation, men like
George entertained a dream that, although they did not believe in it, provided them some
hope.  But, once Lennie dies, so does the dream as George can no longer even sustain any
hope.

Self-managed teams present management and leadership challenges. What leadership roles and processes are important for self-managed teams?

A team is defined as a group of people working together to
achieve a common goal. Every organizational unit in an organization thus forms a team. A
self-managed team is a specific type of team in an organization in which team members
work together in in their own ways to achieve a goal which is defined outside the team.
Self-managed teams are particularly useful in for management of complex projects
involving research, design, and process improvement
work.

The qualifying characteristic of a self-managed team
from a traditional organizational unit or a work team is the role and processes used by
the team leader. In traditional teams the manager of leader of the team manages and
directs the work of individual team members as well as that of the team as a using
formal or positional authority. Such positional authority requires and authorises the
manager to define the goals of the group working under his supervision, and also take
major decision on means and methods of achieving these goals. In contrast, in
self-managed team, the manager delegates authority for all these decisions to the team
as a whole. The only outside direction of the team is in the form of goals and
objectives of the team specified as per overall organizational plans and organization
structure.

In such self-managed teams the role of team
leader or manager and the processes followed for managing and leading the team are quite
different from those used for traditional organisational structure relying on positional
authority.

For the self-managed teams to be effective the
management and leadership need to develop the and use roles and processes in which the
team leader or manager is a fellow worker in the team and not a supervisor of other
person on the team, who leads by setting up good example rather than by giving
directions. He coordinates the work of the team members and provides the necessary
support for coordination of team work with work of others outside the team. An effective
leader of self-managed teams facilitate effective team interaction processes including
participative decision making, rather than taking decision and ordering the subordinates
to implement the same. Leader facilitates communication among the team members as well
as communication across the team boundaries, rather than acting as a focal point for
communication through which all information must pass.

The
team leader needs to help team members to recognize, develop and use their unique
abilities and skills for accomplishing the team goals. At the same time he or she also
facilitates harmony between needs of the organization and individual team
members.

In Jane Eyre, at Lowood, Jane adopted a belief in Christianity from whom and why?

During the Lowood episode of the novel, Jane comes into
contact with two figures that have a major impact on her life, and especially her
religious convictions. These figures are Maria Temple, the superintendent of the school,
and Helen Burns, who becomes Jane's close friend at Lowood. What is important to note is
the amount of space devoted to Helen and her philosophy of stoic acceptance and faith in
God. It is clear that in spite of their friendship they are opposites in temperament -
the fiery character that we saw displayed by Jane at Gateshead is stunned by the quiet
acceptance of injustice that Helen suffers. Consider the following episode, when Helen
is forced to wear a sign with the word "Slattern" on
it:

The
moment Miss Scatchers withdrew after afternoon-school, I ran to Helen, tore it off, and
thrust it into the fire: the fire of which she was incapable had been burning in my soul
all day, and tears, hot and large, had continually been scalding my cheek; for the
spectacle of her sad resignation gave me an intolerable pain at the
heart.

This quote is very
important to analyse carefully, because it highlights the different types of religion
that Helen and Jane have. Although Jane is undoubtedly influenced by Helen's brand of
Christianity (marked by its stoical acceptance of suffering and expectation of the
afterlife), Jane is unable to quell her thirst for justice and her raging against
injustice, as shown in the quote. Helen is "incapable" of producing fire to rage against
injustice, however Jane shows herself more than capable - not for her an early death and
gazes heavenward, for she is determined to life life through her religion rather than
deny it. Jane shows through her time at Lowood that she learns to balance her passions
with duty thanks to her friendship with Helen Burns, but she never goes to the extreme
that Helen endorsed.