Which character in Tartuffe best represents the "voice of reason" and why?

Dorine, the lady's maid to Mariane, daughter of Orgon, is
the most reasonable of all the characters in Moliere's
Tartuffe. When the foolish zealot, Orgon, wishes to insure his path
to heaven by having his daughter marry the hypocrite Tartuffe, it is Dorine who objects
vociferously, telling him that Mariane will be miserable and may cheat on her husband. 
She forces Damis to hide in a closet rather than confront him and cause an argument in
Act III when Tartuffe makes advances upon his mother,
Elmire.

Dorine, the servant, is possessed of much common
sense and practicality as she reunites Mariane and Valere.  As is often the case,
Moliere portrays the aristocracy as absurb and the servants as much more efficient. 
Dorine is a raisonneur, speaking for Moliere, mocking the hypocrisy
of Tartuffe and providing commentary and correcting the mistaken ideas of others.  But,
Dorine is also a character in her own right.

What are 3 things that show Scout Finch is immature in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Scout Finch is immature
because:

1. SHE IS EASILY PERSUADED TO FIGHT. We see this
in the beginning as she wants to fight Walter Cunningham, and later she fights with her
cousin Francis for calling her father a "nigger-lover".

2.
SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND THE INNUENDO OF ADULTS. When adults talk about something, she
doesn't catch their meanings or jokes. Atticus gives Scout a direct dictionary
definition of rape because he's thinking that she isn't going to ask anymore questions
with a phrase like "carnal knowledge". Furthermore, when Scout is in the middle of all
the men who are ready to fight Atticus out in front of the jail, she doesn't even seem
to know what's going on, she just remains friendly as
ever.

3. SHE DOESN'T UNDERSTAND WHY RACE IS AN ISSUE. She
just accepts that it is in her father's cases. However, when it comes to Mrs. Gates
talking about persecuting the Jews, she does recognize that what the whites do to the
blacks feels an awful lot like that. She still struggles with why that happens
though.

Being a coming of age novel, the book demonstrates
great growth in Scout during the whole book so she has to be immature at some points for
the book to reveal these learning moments.

Can you briefly summarize the editorial "Personal relationships in the workplace Yay or...

Briefly, href="http://www.nursingcenter.com/library/JournalArticle.asp?Article_ID=730321">Richard
Hader says that interpersonal relationships between a leader and team are
"vital" to success and that learning about the personal side of team members' lives,
showing interest in their progress and guiding and counseling them facilitates building
the team's trust and confidence in the leader. Since leaders of this sort are more than
colleagues, it is natural that deep private friendships will develop because the
qualities and interactions of a good leader are the same qualities and interactions of a
good friend. Hader stresses that the rewards of close personal interactions between the
team and leader, like camaraderie and teamwork, help to gain success in both unit goals
and organizational goals, therefore the leader must not shy away from becoming involved
in friendships with the team because friendships help to motivate and inspire
individuals' contributions to established goals.

Hader goes
on to warn though that managing a personal friendship with "reports," or those who
report to you as leader, is difficult to do. A discussion must lead to agreement on
ground rules for work that exclude any expectation of or possibility for favoritism or
special consideration. Instead, the leader must remain the boss and work roles,
responsibilities and position job descriptions must always be honored while objectivity,
honesty and fairness must always set the precedent and be the guide. He also warns that
personal conversations must remain private, not shared with the team at work; behavior
must remain professional and well-governed because "behavior that is too comfortable"
can be "intimidating" to other team members resulting in loss of teamwork and
effectiveness in meeting goals. Hader ends with the warning that there is considerable
risk from a mismanaged personal friendship-work interaction, like the loss of the friend
or your job, yet he says the key to succeeding is "collective respect for each other's
opinions and role responsibilities."

How would you best describe the meter of the poem "A Psalm of Life" by Henry Longfellow?

Interesting question.  Longfellow, as a Romantic poet,
relies carefully on meter and rhyme schemes to present his moral-teaching poetry.  "A
Psalm of Life" is mainly trochaic tetrameter which means
that most of its lines have four sets of two-syllable pairings (feet); this is where the
word tetrameter comes in--to describe the four feet. Trochaic means that in each of
those parings or feet, the words have a stress on the first syllable and then an
unstressed syllable.  Below I've listed the first line of the poem and have italicized
the stressed portion of each
foot.

"Tell me
not in mournful
numbers,"

If you read this out loud,
its beat should sound like: Dum-da, Dum-da, Dum-da, Dum-da. I usually beat out the lines
of poetry on my desk to get a feel for what its rhythm should
be.

That being said, in each of Longfellow's four-line
stanzas, generally the second and fourth lines are missing half a foot or one beat--so
instead of having four feet total, those lines have three and a half.  This could be
Longfellow's clever portrayal of how life can cut off before you think it should be
finished, which would certainly illustrate the theme of "A Psalm of Life." Or, it could
simply be Longfellow's demonstrating his skill with handling meter and putting his own
spin on it.

When do you think Macbeth first dreamt of becoming king? Was it after he talked to Lady Macbeth?After the prophecies, or might these thoughts have...

In Shakespeare's Macbeth, the title
character thinks of killing Duncan to become king at least as early as Act 1.3.136-139,
when, in an aside, he refers to his thoughts, thoughts that take the form of a
suggestion which is a "horrid image," which "unfix[es} my hair" and makes his "heart
knock" at his ribs.  The suggestion, Macbeth says, is "Against the use of nature."  The
suggestion amounts to "horrible imaginings (line
140)." 

The suggestion can be no less than that he will
need to kill Duncan in order to be king.

The possibility
does indeed exist, however, that Macbeth thought not only about being king before the
witches make their predictions, but also that he thought about killing Duncan before the
predictions.

When the witches hail Macbeth as he who will
be king, he starts, as Banquo refers to it.  He flinches.  Banquo sees Macbeth's
reaction and asks him:

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Good sir, why do you start and seem to
fear

Things that do sound so fair?  (Act
1.3.52-53)

Macbeth is not a
man to be afraid, and he is not a man to show fear.  The witches have given him an
exciting title, a glad tiding, if you will.  Banquo is right to be surprised.  Macbeth,
hero of the day's battle, flinches and shows fear when he is greeted as a future king. 
One has to ask why.

What would make Macbeth flinch?  The
same horrible imagining that bothers him later.  What else?  Being king is only fearful,
if it takes killing a king to get it.  This suggests Macbeth has thought about killing
Duncan before, and been filled with horror by the thought
before.

Is this a certainty?  No.  Is it a possibility? 
Yes. 

What is the difference between written and spoken language?

I agree.  Written language is generally more formal than
spoken language.  Think about when each of them is
used.

Written language is used when you want to make sure
your thoughts are organized and you're saying exactly what you want to say in the way
you want to say it. Politicians use written scripts when they care about getting the
wording of their positions exactly right or when a speech is very important.  It's also
used when you want to make sure there is no misunderstanding, which is why contracts and
other legal documents and laws must be put in writing. The language is more formal (no
contractions or slang, usually) and the ideas are more structured
(organized). 

Spoken language is much less formal and
generally not particularly organized because it happens in informal settings--and there
is usually an audience to hear it.  We have conversations with friends, teachers speak
informally to classes, successful sales presentations are given without scripts, and any
business transactions (banks, stores, libraries) are conducted by speaking, rather than
writing.  That means sometimes we have to say "that's not what I meant" or "what I meant
to say was...."  We don't always get it right the first time when we speak, but we do
usually get to keep talking until we fix it since the person is right there.  Spoken
language also has the advantage (or disadvantage) of being accompanied by body language
to help the listener(s) interpret what is  being
said. 

Both types of language are important in day-to-day
life. Imagine all communication taking place only in writing or
only by speaking.  I know it was that way once, but it sure would
not be practical in today's world.

Why do we have as many ribs as we do?

It cannot be said with certainty that exactly 12 sets of
ribs is the ideal number of ribs for all humans. Having a multiple ribs to cover and
protect the vital organs of the chest, gives a good combination of flexibility for
breathing and for movement of the torso, protection of the vial organs of the chest,
giving a rigid shape to the body and strength of the ribs themselves. Depending on size
and life style of each person we can think of instances in which 11 or 13 sets of ribs
achieving a better optimization of these requirements. However significant increase or
decrease in number of ribs - say by 50 percent - is not likely to be suitable for any
individual.

Increasing the number of ribs significantly,
making each rib thinner, will improve the flexibility of the body, but the individual
thinner ribs will become more fragile and will not be able to provide reasonably fixed
shape to the chest. The greater flexibility of the ribs will reduce the ability of ribs
to prevent outside pressure being transmitted to the organs of the chest. In addition
the increased number of ribs is likely to make the construction of the body more
complex.

Reducing the number of ribs, making each rib
thicker, will have opposite effects. That is it will make the cage covering the vital
parts of the body stronger but less flexible. Though individual rib will then be
stronger, but damage to any one rib will create more problems. With the regular movement
of the ribs for breathing, it will be very difficult for thicker rib fractures to
heal.