Which poet envisioned his work as an epic that would speak for the collective American experience? A. Poe B. Whitman C. Frost D. Dickinson

You could probably make a compelling case for all of them
embodying what it means to be American.  Honestly, each one features something about
them that is uniquely American or holds within their thoughts what it means to be
American.  I think that the "textbook" answer would be that Walt Whitman most strongly
identified his work as representing that which is to be American.  Whitman was eager to
represent t how the nation's soul is to be held within his work.  When one reads, "I
Hear America Singing," for instance, one hears the praising of American heterogeneity,
the eclectic nature of what it means to be American, and the notion that America, as a
nation, is something that is to be echoed through Whitman's own subjectivity.  Whitman
was a devout believer in the idea of democratic vistas being wide as possible and
embodying the hope and promise of American identity that helped to give voice to the
young nation.  In the end, of the four poets mentioned, I think that Whitman's spirit,
passion for American democracy, and the exaltation of what the democratic experiment
meant for his soul and his nation makes him a spokesperson for the American
experience.

What are names of rain forests in Asia, Europe and South Africa?This is our HSIE project.

Below is a short list of rain forests for the continents
you requested.

ASIA.  The
Malaysian Rain Forest is the largest on the continent. There are also rain forests in
the islands of Indonesia. Others can be found in Japan, China, Taiwan, Korea, Iran,
Azerbaijan, Turkey, Georgia and
Russia.

EUROPE. The Bialwieza
Forest is a primeval habitat located in northeast Poland. Smaller rain forests can be
found in Ireland, Scotland, Norway and in the
Balkans.

SOUTHERN AFRICA.  The
Congolese Rain Forest along the Congo River Basin is the largest in Africa. The
Knysna-Amatole coastal forest can be found in South Africa.

What is Macbeth talking about in this quote, how does this quote relate to the plot? and what is the significance of this quote?Who can be wise,...

The killing of the grooms is the proverbial beginning of
the end for Macbeth.  It's important for numerous
reasons. 

It's the first time Macbeth veers from his wife's
plan.  From this point on, concerning the plot, Macbeth will make his own decisions,
without even consulting his wife.  He will shut her out of his decision making.  This is
a mistake.  His wife plans well and sees the big picture, or the consequences of an
action.  Macbeth does not.  When he arranges the murder of Banquo and Fleance, he leaves
little doubt that he is guilty of treachery, and he becomes a suspect.  His killing the
grooms leads immediately to suspicion on the part of Macduff, and Macduff is, of course,
the hero of the play who will bring Macbeth
down. 

Incidentally, while Lady Macbeth's feinting may,
indeed, be a stunt to divert attention from her husband's mistake, it may also be an
actual incident of feinting:  feinting caused by her husband's idiocy at being so stupid
as to kill the grooms.  She is shocked at his actions.  The grooms would have had no
information to give except that they were drunk and asleep.  That isn't much of an alibi
when a king has been killed. 

In the quote you ask about
Macbeth also provides another example of what appears fair really being foul, thereby
furthering that theme.  He explains how reason left him and emotion, his love for
Duncan, took over.  He covers himself by saying that any man who really loved his king
could do no other than kill those who killed him.  Interestingly, notice how Macbeth
indirectly calls himself a hero, here.  He not only evades any condemnation for killing
the grooms, but makes himself out a loyal Thane and follower of Duncan for having done
so.  What great Thane wouldn't avenge his king?  He thereby claims to love Duncan more
than the others--for they controlled their love, while he could not--his love is
"violent" love. 

Macbeth claims that he couldn't help
himself, that reason left him.  Duncan's skin is "silver" and his blood "golden."  The
dagger wounds are like some great breach in nature.  The real breach is the unnatural
act Macbeth has comitted--which, by the way, contributes to another theme.  That of the
unnatural. 

In Fahrenheit 451 what does Montag think about Beatty's visit?

After Beatty's visit, Montag is pretty disturbed.  Beatty
has just revealed to him the entire history of how books came to be so dangerous and
unwanted in their society, and it has shaken Montag to the core.  The first thing he
mentions to his wife after the visit is that he is thinking of quitting his job.  He
says it would be so easy to just not go in to work tomorrow, or the next day, or the
next day. So, obviously Beatty's little history lesson has instilled in him a distaste
for the "art" of burning books.  He dislikes the idea so much in fact that he doesn't
want to ever do it again.

The second response that Montag
has is that he wants to "smash things and kill things."  This is an interesting
response, and goes to show just how upsetting Beatty's visit has been.  He is filled
with turmoil, confusion and frustration, and wants to vent it somehow.  He continues,
saying that he is unhappy, angry, heavy; he thinks that books might be the answer, and
confesses his hoarding of books to Millie.  Then he forces her to read
some.

The bottom line is that Beatty's visit solidifies the
restlessness and discontent that Montag has been feeling all along.  It confirms his
unhappiness and pushes him to seek answers. I hope that helped; good
luck!

Explain the use of irony in Shirley Jackson’s “The Lottery” and how it helps to develop the story

The central irony in Jackson's "The Lottery" is that
normal people are capable of great brutality when that brutality is sanctioned by the
majority or by society. 

The irony is developed through the
use of point of view, setting, character behavior, and
foreshadowing. 

The limited point of view reveals only what
appear to be everyday, normal details.  The village appears normal (school has recently
let out, the kids think of school, people are in a hurry to get to lunch, they gather
for a summer festival of some kind), and no thoughts are revealed.  Thoughts, of course,
would give away the surprise ending. 

Foreshadowing makes
the surprise ending make sense, once it occurs.  The boys gathering stones, for
instance, seems harmless at the time, but gives the ending
legitimacy. 

The irony only becomes apparent when the
nature of the lottery is revealed, though.  Thus, it isn't that irony develops the
story, but that the story reveals the irony.  In some works, the irony does develop the
story.  In this case, however, the irony is revealed at the conclusion of the
story. 

Translate this statement into an equation: M has five times as many quarters as s.

M has 5 times as many quarters as
S.

To convert thi above  statement into an equation  we
proceed as follows:

First we pressume  M have  x quarters
and S have y quarters.

By the information that M has 5
times as many quarters as S has, we get a relation between x and
y:

x = 5y .

Here x and y are
two variables.

The equation is also called the linear
equation, as the varibles are in degree 1.

The other
equivalent relations (or equation) are:

x-y = 0 , or y-x =
0 , or  0 = x-y.

To solve  x and y we need two indepedent
equations.

In The Crucible in the opening dialogue of Act II, what do you sense about John and Elizabeth Proctor's relationship?

The relationship between John and Elizabeth, that is,
their marriage, is strained from the beginning of the play.  John had previously
confessed his adultery with Abigail to his wife, she has fired Abigail for it, and there
is bitterness and mistrust between them.

John Proctor
complains of the coldness of the house she keeps, laments the absence of even some
flowers on the table for color, and Elizabeth doesn't react.  She keeps telling John
about what is happening in the Court, silently pressuring him to do something to stop
Abigail.  You can tell that John at this point just wants to ignore the whole thing,
ashamed of his adultery and angry that it keeps coming up.  This spills out into the
dialogue between them and shows us how unhappy the marriage is.