What are the roles and importance of Robert Cohn in Ernest Hemingway's novel The Sun Also Rises?

Robert Cohn serves a number of important functions in
Ernest Hemingway’s The Sun Also Rises, including the
following:

• He is the object of derision by many
  of the other characters, and thus he acts as a kind of foil to many of them, even though
  in some ways they are no more appealing or attractive than he
  is.


• He is Jewish, and so he gives some of the other
  characters a chance to vent their odd anti-Semitism.


• He,
  like many of the other men in the book, is attracted to Brett Ashley and is somewhat
  desperate in his obsession with her. Thanks to his presence, she has a chance to display
  her personality, which he and others seem to find
  appealing.


• His obsession with Brett provides an
  opportunity for other males in the book to display their jealousy and
  competitiveness.


• He is one of the males who particularly
  seems to contrast with Pedro Romero, who seems to embody Hemingway’s (and Brett’s) ideal
  of male perfection.


• He is a source of much conflict in
  the book and thus contributes to the drama of its
  plot.


• Reactions of other characters to Cohn reveal a
  great deal about their own personalities and
  temperaments.


• He comes from a wealthy family and thus
  symbolizes the role that wealth will play as a major theme in the
  book.


• He has been divorced, and divorce is another major
  theme of the novel.


• He has made, lost, and regained
  money, thus symbolizing the fluctuating financial fortunes of a number of other
  characters.


• He gives a number of the other characters a
  chance to display smug superiority. It is possible to argue that one of the purposes of
  the book is to mock such unmerited pride.


• He is highly
  insecure, but then so are many of the other characters (including Brett). He thus
  symbolizes one more major theme of the novel.


• His egotism
  is somewhat comic, but the same can arguably be said of other characters, including
  Brett.  Early in the novel, for instance, the narrator says of Cohn’s divorce, which
  results from his wife leaving him,

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As he had been thinking for months about leaving
his wife and had not done it because it would be too cruel to deprive her of himself,
her departure was a very healthful
shock.

Show that tg40 +tg20 = square root of3 sec10^2

You need to remember the formula `tan a + tan b =
sin(a+b)/(cos a*cos b)`

`` `tan20 + tan 40 =
sin(20+40)/(cos 20*cos 40) = sin 60/(cos 20*cos 40)`

To
calculate the product found at denominator, you need the help of
formula:

`2cos a* cos b = cos(a+b) + cos(a-b)
`

`2cos 20*cos 40 = cos(20+40) +
cos(20-40)`

`2cos 20*cos 40 = cos 60 +
cos(-20)`

The function cosine is even => cos(-20) =
cos 20

`2cos 20*cos 40 =1/2 +
cos(20)`

`tan20 + tan 40 = 2((sqrt3)/2)/(1/2 +
cos(20))`

`tan20 + tan 40 = 2((sqrt3))/(1+
2cos(20))`

`cos 20 = cos2*10 = 2cos^2 10 -
1`

`tan20 + tan 40 = 2((sqrt3))/(1+2cos^2 10 -
1)`

Remove opposite
terms=>

=> `tan20 + tan 40 =
2((sqrt3))/(2cos^2 10) = (sqrt3)/(cos^2 10)`

Remember that
`sec 10 = 1/ (cos 10)`

`tan20 + tan 40 = (sqrt3)*sec^2
(10)`

ANSWER: `tan20 + tan 40 = (sqrt3)*sec^2
(10)`

In a Shakespearean play, what does the Roman numeral V refer to?We had this question on a test, and I was confused. I'm pretty sure its either Act...

The "V" is definitely a Roman numeral, and they are used
in several ways to categorize Shakespeare's plays and the individual acts (and
scenes) within the plays. Individual acts (such as Act I, Act II, Act V) are most often
found using Roman numerals, although it is perfectly acceptable to use Arabic (Act 1,
Act 2, Act One, Act Two). Scene numbers are often displayed in Roman numerals, often in
lower case (i, ii, iii, iv, v) to show the difference between the act. Thus, the third
scene of a second act would be written as "Act II, Scene iii" or "II, iii". Shakespeare
wrote many plays about kings, and the rulers were often designated with Roman numerals
to distinguish them from prior kings with the same name (Henry IV, Henry V, Richard
III). Shakespeare probably did not use Roman numerals himself: The written text of his
plays were usually spelled out, such as "Actus Primus, Scena Prima" (Act One, Scene
One); this is the manner found in "The third Part of Henry the Sixt" (Henry VI, Part
3).

What are the elements of epic heroes? We're having an exam on Rape of the Lock for AP Literature tmrw. Since Rape of the Lock is a mock epic, I'm...

Epic heroes are usually composites of the ideals of a
country or a nation. They represent the national identity in a positive manner (that's
why they're heroes) and are seldom real people. Some of them are based on actual human
beings and their exploits. For example, El Cid was in reality a knight named Rodrigo
Diaz de Vivar whose tomb may be visited in the Burgos cathedral in Spain. Whether or not
he accomplished everything for which he is credited is not certain, but he was a heroic
man and therefore a heroic figure. Other heroes are just made up by authors based on the
accomplishments of men in the past. This may include such epics as the Odyssey (was
there really an Ulysses?) and the Iliad. A mock epic, like Rape of the Lock,  uses
the exaggerated language and actions of epic heroes for comic purposes. In this case,
Pope was satirizing the Greek heroes of the Iliad, and the lock of hair becomes parallel
or similar to the abduction of Helen of Troy, which is obviously
absurd.

In Sundiata, what is Sundiata's epic quest?

In this excellent example of an African epic, Sundiata,
the epic hero of the people of Mali. Coming from rather obscure origins, being born to a
hunchback wife and a handsome prince, Sundiata is the epic hero who succeeds in
delivering his own people from a ruthless tyrant and also establishing Mali into a
powerful empire. His epic quest is therefore one of a return to his rightful homeland
and an act of restoration as he restores Mali to the country that it once was and adds
to its power and prestige. Note how the epic quest that Sundiata must embark upon is
refered to by Mandjan Berete, Sassouma's brother:

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Soumaoro Kante, the powerful king of Sosso, has
heaped death and desolation upon Mali. The king, Dankaran Touman, has fled and Mali is
without a master, but the war is not finished yet... We have consulted the jinn and they
have replied that only the son of Sogolon can deliver Mali. Mali is saved because we
have found you,
Sundiata.

Thus it is that
Sundiata finds out about the prophecy declaring him to be the saviour of Mali and the
archnemesis of the sorceror king, Soumaoro Kante, Sundiata's military exploits in
retaking his homeland and defeating the sorceror king make up a sizable portion of this
epic classic.

what are the factors contributing to the development of print culture?

Prior to the invention of the Printing Press, monks
hand-wrote, using a quill and ink, Bibles in Latin.  Each letter was paid particular
attention to.  Latin was the universal language of literature but it was not widespread
as a language at this point in history, only the upper class who could afford a high
educated could read them.  During the late 14th century and early 15th century, written
manuscripts began to be edited, replaced and printed into “first editions” (meaning that
an original manuscript was edited and modified). Along with these changes, titles,
headers, and book covers with artistry by woodcarvers and engravers were shown exactly
repeated in printed books.

After the Guttenberg’s printing
press was invented in the 15th century, during the late 15th century, we see signs of
early incunabula (infant versions of books) noting that scribes and printers mimicked
each other’s formats for decades (with these changes, there was also a rapid decrease in
the universal language of Latin as literature).  Printing houses throughout Europe
quickly realized the benefits of printing books in the vernacular, or everyday language
of an area. This opened up reading to many more people than the use of Latin. The rapid
spread of printed books written in the vernacular led to a dramatic increase in literacy
rates around Western Europe.  The printing press also revolutionized advertising, and
propaganda.

Printing stimulated the literacy of lay people
and eventually came to have a deep and lasting impact on their private lives. Although
most of the earliest books dealt with religious subjects, students, businessmen, and
upper and middle class people bought books on all subjects.  Printers responded with
moralizing, medical, practical and travel manuals. Printing provided a superior basis
for scholarship and prevented the further corruption of texts through hand copying. By
giving all scholars the same text to work from, it made progress in critical scholarship
and science faster and more reliable.  This privacy allowed easier transmission of
different, new, or even dangerous information, one could privately acquire any
information they sought from books rather than publicly interacting with those deemed to
be radicals and heretics.

Today, our culture is a printing
culture not only through books but through the internet and world wide web.  Books are
printed and their manuscripts are available online indefinitely, which still considers
us this sort of “printing culture” even though the print is not in as much physical book
form as it used to be.

In Chapter 4 of Guns, Germs, and Steel, what are the economic benefits of domesticating such things as cotton, flax, and hemp?

In Chapter 4, Diamond is explaining why farming was
beneficial to people and societies.  He, of course, mentions the food value of various
plants and animals.  However, he then goes on (on page 90 and beyond in the paperback
edition of the book) to talk about ways that plants can have economic benefits beyond
their value as food.

The types of plants that you mention
here are all good for the fact that they contain fibers that can be made into thread. 
The threads made from cotton and flax (which is made into linen) can be made into cloth
that can be used to clothe people.  Hemp can be used to make ropes and string to bind
things together.  In societies that previously had to rely on animal products for
clothing and for binding, these would have been very economically
beneficial.

How might Bich Nguyen's essay "The Good Immigrant Student" be summarized?

Bich Minh Nguyen’s autobiographical essay “The Good
Immigrant Student” can be summarized as follows.

Nguyen
grew up in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where she, her sister, her father, and her extended
family “stuck out” in a mostly white neighborhood because they were Asians. Her early
schooling involved bilingual education. Ironically, Nguyen and her sister already knew
English but needed help with Vietnamese. Eventually they ceased attending bilingual
classes. As she grew older, Nguyen increasingly perceived Grand Rapids as a city
dominated by whites. Nevertheless, Nguyen writes,

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I was an insufferably good student, with perfect
Palmer cursive and the highest possible scores in every
subject.

Yet she was also
completely shy and obedient, especially since almost all her classmates were white.
Although she therefore secretly admired kids who were disruptive or rebelled (one of
whom eventually included her sister), she was signed up for a special program for
talented children – a program she loved because it encouraged individuality. One teacher
there made an especially positive impact on her life. Participation in the program made
Nguyen less shy and more confident. Thanks to the program, she began to look forward to
college. For the time being, however, she attended an academically challenging high
school, at least until a move to a new neighborhood meant attendance at a highly
class-conscious school.

As she grew older, Nguyen became
more apathetic and less self-conscious. Nevertheless, she recalls the discrimination she
and other immigrant students commonly experienced, and she suspects that immigrant
students even today often feel as alienated as she did.

Justify the statement "The Hurricane was the unsung hero of the Battle of Britain".

Although the Spitfire was much more celebrated, it can
certainly be argued that the Hurricane was the more important airplane in allowing the
Royal Airforce to defeat the Luftwaffe in the Battle of
Britain.

The Spitfire usually gets more attention because
it was a flashier and more stylish airplane.  It was also faster and was made by a
company whose planes had won important races while the Hurricane was made by a company
more known for making biplanes.  Because of these factors, the Spitfire is the airplane
that gets most of the credit and publicity for the RAF
victory.

However, the Hurricane was arguably more important
than the Spitfire.  More Hurricanes were produced and used in the battle.  Pilots flying
Hurricanes shot down more German aircraft all told than pilots flying Spitfires.  In
that sense, the Hurricane was the "workhorse" of the battle while the Spitfire got all
the glory.

Both airplanes (and of course their pilots) were
very important, but the Spitfire got the attention.  That makes the Hurricane the
"unsung hero" of the Battle of Britain.

how do i solve this equation: 3x^2-1 is greater than or equal to (1/2) (3+x^2)the (1/2) in parentheses is a fraction

Solve `3x^2-1
>= (3+x^2)/2` .

First we rewrite as an
equivalent inequality (one that has the same solutions as the
original)

`3x^2-1 >=
(3+x^2)/2`

class="AM">`6x^2-2>=3+x^2` Multiply both sides by
2

`5x^2-5>=0`
Pull terms to left side by subtraction

class="AM">`5(x^2-1)>=0 => 5(x+1)(x-1)>=0`
Factor.

Now the left hand side is zero when x=1 or -1. To
find the intervals where it is greater than zero we plug in test values. The intervals
we are interested in are x<-1, -1<x<1, and x>1; so we try
x=-2,x=0, and x=2.

If x=-2 the left hand side is positive;
so if x<-1 then the left-hand side is greater than
zero.

If x=0 the left-hand side is negative so the
left-hand side is negative for -1<x<1.

If x=2
the LHS is positive so LHS is greater than zero if
x>1.

We can also look at the graph to check our work
-- notice that the "skinnier" parabola is above the wider parabola as long as
x<-1 or x>1.

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Thus
the solution to `3x^2-1 >= (3+x^2)/2` is
`x<= -1` or class="AM">`x>=1` .

In what sense are Mitty and his wife stereotypical characters?

Mitty and his wife are literary archetypes. That means
they each fall into a category that we repeatedly see in characters throughout
time.

Mitty could obviously be classified as a
Dreamer. Each day dream, whether he is a famous surgeon, driver,
lawyer, or man about to be shot by the firing squad demonstrates his ability to leave
reality. Many visionary characters would fit this category with Mitty. Unfortunately,
this ability to dream leaves him powerless to do much of anything in his own
reality.

His wife, on the other hand, is the
typical nag. She is controlling and always has a reason to complain
or try to get him to do something other than what he wants to do. His character is
stifled by the control she chooses to inflict on him. This character is regularly seen
throughout literature and the best example I can think of is Mrs. Joe in Great
Expectations.

Critically examine Mary's obsession with her past in Long Day's Journey into Night.

Mary's obsession with her past is very much a function of
her denial of the present.  By living in the past, she is able to ignore the problems of
the present: Edmund's illness, Tyrone's frugality, all three men's alcohol abuse, and
her own morphine addiction.

Another aspect of Mary's
obsession with her past is that it represents a time of innocence: a time when she she
was contemplating a life in the convent, when she played the piano beautifully, when she
was beautiful.  But, then she married Tyrone and a series of events followed that slowly
removed her innocence.  She carries with her the guilt of Eugene's death, along with the
conflicted she has over the birth of Edmond.

How does Golding explore the development of the children and their relationship with the island? Please could you help me answer this questions as...

I hope that you read at least some of this terrific book!
:)  Golding starts his novel with the children being stranded on the island.  As they
begin to figure out how to survive, they change from what they were when they first
landed.   Their relationship with the island is one of survival -- yet, their survival
ultimately depends less on the island than on their relationship with each other. 
Several aspect of the island itself are very important:  1.  the lagoon where they meet
and discuss and swim and play, 2.  the fruit which is easily attainable, but which Jack
insists is not enough, and 3.  the presence of the pigs.  What parts of the island do
you think are innocent?  Is the pig's head on a stick part of the island or part of the
boys?  Does the island change or do the boys change?  Is the fire at the end of the
novel belong to the island or to the boys?

If catch and tag 100 fish and release. Later catch 85 fish. 20 have tags and 65 are not tagged. Write & solve proportion - estimate # of fish

The person catches 100 fish and tagged them, then he
releases the fish.

Let the number of all fish (tagged and
not tagged) be X.

Now we have 100 tagged fish in the
fishing area and (x-100) not tagged.

The person then
catches 85 fish out of x.

The number of tagged fish is 20
out of 85.

Now we will write and compare
probation.

==> The probability of getting a tagged
fish can be obtained as follows:

Probability (P)= Number of
tagged/ whole number of caught fish.

 ==> P = 20 /
85  = 4/17.

Now in order to find the whole number of fish,
we know that there are 100 tagged and x untagged.

Then we
apply the same probabition to get an estimate of the whole number of
fish.

==> Probability of tagged fish = number of
tagged / whole number of fish.

==>  P = 100/ x =
4/17

Now we will cross
multiply.

==> 4x =
1700

==> x =
1700/4

==> x = 425
fish.

Then, the estimate number of all fish =
425 fish.

What is endosymbiosis?

The endosymbiosis theory attempts to explain the origins
of organelles such as mitochondria and chloroplasts in eukaryotic cells. The theory
proposes that chloroplasts and mitochondria evolved from certain types of bacteria that
eukaryotic cells engulfed through endophagocytosis. These cells and the bacteria trapped
inside them entered a symbiotic relationship, a close association between different
types of organisms over an extended time. However, more specifically, the relationship
was endosymbiotic, meaning that one of the organisms (the bacteria) lived within the
other (the eukaryotic cells).

According to endosymbiosis
theory, an anaerobic cell probably ingested an aerobic bacterium but failed to digest
it. The aerobic bacterium flourished within the cell because the cell's cytoplasm was
abundant in half-digested food molecules. The bacterium digested these molecules with
oxygen and gained great amounts of energy. Because the bacterium had so much energy, it
probably leaked some of it as Adenosine triphosphate into the cell's cytoplasm. This
benefited the anaerobic cell because it enabled it to digest food aerobically.
Eventually, the aerobic bacterium could no longer live independently from the cell, and
it therefore became a mitochondrion.

The origin of the
chloroplast is very similar to that of the mitochondrion. A cell must have captured a
photosynthetic cyanobacterium and failed to digest it. The cyanobacterium thrived in the
cell and eventually evolved into the first chloroplast. Other eukaryotic organelles may
have also evolved through endosymbiosis; it has been proposed that cilia, flagella,
centrioles, and microtubules may have originated from a symbiosis between a Spirochaete
bacterium and an early eukaryotic cell, but this is not widely accepted among
biologists.

There are several examples of evidence that
support endosymbiosis theory. Mitochondria and chloroplasts contain their own small
supply of DNA, which may be remnants of the genome the organelles had when they were
independent aerobic bacteria.

How does the lieutenant recognize Beowulf as a hero?

In the epic poem Beowulf, the
sentinel, or lieutenant, immediately recognizes Beowulf as a hero. Beowulf has just
landed in the Dane-lands and the first person he meets is the
sentinel.

It is the job of the sentinel to watch the shores
of Hrothgar's lands for invaders. Seeing Beowulf arrive in full battle gear surprise the
sentinel.

While he is surprised, he immediately recognizes
Beowulf as a great leader and warrior.

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Never have shield-bearing men so openly landed,
nor do you know our clan's word of passage, or hold my folk's consent—never have I seen
in the world a warrior like that one among yourselves—a hero in his armor! He is no
henchman, unless his looks deceive; he has a regal
bearing.

Through this,
readers can see why he has come to the conclusion that Beowulf is a
hero.

How close to my property line can someone build a road?

This will depend to some extent on the specific laws of
the place where you live, but the general rule is that a road can be built all the way
up to your property line.

Typically, the road surface
itself will not come up to your property line.  This is because there will generally be
some amount of shoulder (or a sidewalk if you live in the city) and perhaps a little
more area that is called excess right of way.  However, there is not generally any
requirement that the road be set back from your property
line.

To find out about the law in your specific area,
contact your city government or your county government (if you live in an unincorporated
area).

What is the significance of the conversation at the end of the novel between Shukhov and Alyosha?

Toward the end of the novel, Shukhov and Alyosha have a
conversation about prayer. Shukhov, though he was just praying, does not see how prayer
can help when one is in a labour camp. He says a "reply doesn't come. Or if it does its
only 'rejected'" (138 of Penguin's 2000 edition). Alyoshka argues that prayer needs
constancy and true faith, which he thinks Shukhov does not
have.

This is a significant passage because it addresses
the religious concerns of the novel, and takes on the themes of hope, freedom, and
religious faith. Earlier on, Shukhov makes it clear that he does not care for organized
religion, and though he does believe in God, he frequently prays and mentally
compliments the Baptists (he says "[they] had got something there" (89)). Alyosha is
championing an appreciation for the little things. He prays for simple things such as
"daily bread" (138) and "for the spirit" (139). Shukhov considers Alyosha's words, and
seems to concede that prayer might help with these small things, but it "doesn't shorten
your stretch" (140) in the camps. Alyosha also has a reponse for this, saying freedom
will choke any faith from you. Shukhov realizes that Alyosha "[is] happy in prison"
(140). He considers if it would be any better out of the camp than in, and perhaps
momentarily sees Alyosha's point. But Shukhov wants freedom, and his
home.

This raises many questions for discussion: Are
freedom and faith at odds in the novel? does hope help or hinder faith? is there an
underlying benefit to the camps, and if so, what does that mean for the Soviet
regime?

Carnaby's black cockatoos are an endangered species. How can they be restored?What measures would it take so solve the problem and how would we...

Carnaby's Black Cockatoos are a large, long-lived cockatoo
native to southwestern Australia. The main threat to their rapidly-disappearing
population seems to relate to their need for large hollow trees to nest in. In many
areas hollow trees have been cut for firewood, or simply because people perceived them
as dying and useless. Additionally, the birds need feeding areas such as heath lands
nearby so that they can feed their young and teach fledglings how to
survive.

Standing hollow trees need to be protected
immediately. This could be done by law, or by offering some sort of financial incentive
to the landowner. In areas where there are still large trees with nesting cavities,
planting patches of food plants nearby would be a good idea, again with some sort of
compensation or incentive.

Poaching of these birds is still
a problem, so more intensive monitoring and enforcement activities are needed,
particularly during the nesting season when the birds are most vulnerable to
poaching.

Invasive species are also competing with the
cockatoos for nesting sites. Research should be done to see if putting up artificial
hollow trees or nest boxes will help alleviate this
problem.

Monitoring success will be measured by how many
nests successfully fledge young, and by population
counts.

There is a link href="http://www.dec.wa.gov.au/component/option,com_docman/task,doc_download/gid,5155/Itemid,/">here
to the government's actual species recovery plan for this bird.

What is the suitable literary theory that can be used in analysing the story "Games at Twilight"?Relevant theories of literary criticism which the...

Perhaps the most relevant critical theory to examine the
story "Games at Twilight" would be Psychoanalytic. Based upon the fact that the work
itself is deemed psychological, examining the text from a Psychoanalytic perspective
would seem natural.

Psychoanalytical criticism examines a
text from the theologies applied by Freud and others involved in the field of
psychology. This criticism is used to examine the unconscious desires and anxieties of
the author. At the same time, the text is examined in regards to links made between the
characters own mentalities and those of the author. Basically, how do the characters
reflect the author himself/herself.

Another criticism one
could use would be Reader-Response Criticism. This criticism examines the reader's
reaction to the text and determines how the reader's response is critical to
understanding the text itself. In the Reader-Response method, reader's are still
responsible for using a "lens" of another theory by which they read the text through.
This method, in essence, use two criticisms to examine a text.

What alternative did the Roman government have to turn to in order to provide support to its population?

The need to support its populace was a major factor in
causing the Punic Wars with Carthage. As the Greeks before them, the Romans had
established colonies throughout the Mediterranean to provide grain and other raw
materials to the Empire. Sicily was a major supplier of grain to the Empire. The Roman
government was expected to provide grain to those who could not afford it, and much of
this demand was met with Sicilian grain. When the Carthaginians also laid claim to
Sicily, the first Punic War erupted. The end result of that war was the withdrawal of
Carthage from Sicily. There is some argument among historians that Rome attacked
Carthage in the Third Punic War (which resulted in its destruction) in order to not only
eliminate that nation as a competitor in the Mediterranean but also to have access to
the grain fields of Northern Africa. After Carthage became a Roman province, North
Africa supplied a substantial portion of the Roman grain harvest. Its capture by the
Vandals was a substantial factor in the death knell of the
Empire.

Write the slope-intercept form of the equation of the line passing through the point (3,6) and parallel to the line y= -4x + 3

The slope of parallel lines is the same. For the line y =
-4x + 3, which is in slope-intercept form, the slope is
-4.

The line passing through the point (3, 6) should also
have a slope of -4.

The equation of this line is given by
(y - 6)/(x - 3) = -4

=> y - 6 = -4x +
12

=> y = -4x +
18

The equation of the line passing through
(3, 6) and parallel to the line y = -4x + 3 is y = -4x + 18

What are some similarities and differences in the ways John Donne and George Herbert treat religious experience in their poems?

John Donne and George Herbert are two of the greatest
religious poets in the English language. As might be expected, their religious poems
reveal a number of similarities, including the
following:

• Both poets often strongly emphasize
  an attitude of humility toward God.  Herbert stresses humility, for instance, in such a
  poem as “Love III,” while Donne highlights the same attitude in many of his
  Holy Sonnets. Donne, however, tends to be more extreme in stressing
  his speakers’ sense of unworthiness in facing God; often their humility seems somewhat
  abject.


• Both poets often use highly memorable and unusual
  imagery when discussing their relations with God.  A famous example of such imagery
  occurs in Donne’s Holy Sonnet 14 (“Batter my heart, three-personed God”), while an
  equally famous example from Herbert can be seen in such a poem as “The
  Collar.”


• As the title of “The Collar” suggests, Herbert
  often employs puns and other kinds of verbal ingenuity in his poems, and the same is
  true, of course, of Donne (as in the startling use of the word “ravish” in Holy Sonnet
  14). The writing of both poets is often witty, clever, and unconventional, and thus it
  is not surprising that both have been considered members of a “metaphysical” school of
  poetry.

However, the religious poems of Donne
and Herbert reveal various differences as well, including the
following:

• The tone of Donne’s poems tends to be
  darker, even somewhat desperate, when compared with the tone Herbert’s. In many of the
  Holy Sonnets, the speakers seem unsure about their salvation – about whether God will
  intervene to prevent them from suffering spiritual death.  A typical example appears in
  the opening lines of Holy Sonnet 1, which are addressed explicitly to
  God:

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Thou hast made me, and shall thy work
decay?

Repair me now, for now mine end doth haste . . .
.

Herbert’s poems, by
contrast, tend to express a strong sense of assurance about God’s love. Herbert’s
speakers often seem to trust that God will indeed intervene in their lives to redeem
them, and in fact such redemption is often explicitly described or presented in the
poems.  Thus, in the final line of the aptly titled “Redemption,” the speaker, who has
been seeking God in order to ask for mercy, suddenly finds him.  Before the speaker can
even say a word, however, Christ immediately says, “‘Your suit is granted’” (14). Here
as so often elsewhere, Herbert implies that God loves us, knows our needs, and provides
for those needs before we can even request his
help.

• To make a broad and obviously simplistic
  generalization, God inspires fear and uncertainty in many of Donne’s speakers, but he
  inspires confidence and reassurance in many of Herbert’s speakers. Donne’s speakers are
  often presented as appealing for salvation in highly emotional terms (as in many of the
  Holy Sonnets); Herbert’s speakers are often presented as surprised and overwhelmed by
  God’s grace and graciousness, as at the very end of “The Collar” and also at the very
  end of “Love III.”


• The tone of Herbert’s religious poems
  is often lighter, more joyous, more celebratory than the tone of Donne’s.  Herbert’s
  speakers see evidence of God’s presence practically everywhere in the world.  Donne’s
  speakers, on the other hand, tend to imagine a more distant God whose presence and
  intervention cannot at all be taken for
  granted.

In what ways are Scout, Jem and Dill heroic in To Kill a Mockingbird?

Perhaps the most heroic traits displayed by the three
children in To Kill a Mockingbird are their abilities to maintain
their own personal integrity in the midst of all the hypocrisy that surrounds them. They
manage to see through the gossip and innuendo about Boo Radley, recognizing that he is a
friendly neighbor rather than a nocturnal ghoul. Unlike the jury, they look past his
skin color and see that Tom is an innocent man, physically incapable of beating or
raping Mayella Ewell.

They perform heroic deeds on their
own as well. All three come to Atticus' rescue at the jail, and Scout's innocent
conversation with Mr. Cunningham turns the tables on the prospective lynch mob. Dill's
quick thinking in creating his story about playing "strip poker" saves Jem and Scout
from getting in trouble with Atticus. Jem comes to the rescue of Scout, trying his best
to fight off Bob Ewell during their walk home after the Halloween
pageant.

What is the climax in "Rules of the Game"?

The climax of this brilliant story that tells of the
conflict between a Chinese immigrant to America and her daughter comes at the very end
as, in a dream, Waverley faces her mother in a mystical and magical game of chess and
loses. She has already challenged her mother about the pride she takes in her daughter's
chess playing ability, and the result of this is that her mother ignores her. The
conflict between them is made evident through this final chess game, which is when the
conflict that has been brewing between Waverley and her mother is finally able to be
unleashed. Consider how the game is described:

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Her black men advanced across the plane, slowly
marching to each successive level as a single unit. My white pieces screamed as they
scurried and fell off the board one by
one.

The defeat of Waverley
by her mother in this fantastical game of chess is the climax because of the way in
which the tensions between them are finally expressed and voiced in this game. Although
Waverley loses, however, it is clear from the last sentence, "I closed my eyes and
pondered my next move," that this is a battle that is far from over. Although Waverley
may have lost this first battle for her independence, she will be back to fight another
day.

Can you help me develop a thesis statement about how feminism is used in "A Rose for Emily"?William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily"

Regarded after her death as a "monument" by the
townspeople Miss Emily Grierson represents the Southern lady of an antiquated and effete
patriarchal system:

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Alive, Miss Emily had been a tradition, a duty,
and a care; a sort of hereditary obligation upon the town, dating from that day in 1894
when Colonel Sartoris...remitted her taxes, the dispensation dating from the death of
her father on into perpetuity....Only a man of Colonel Sartoris' generation and thought
could have invented it, and only a woman could have believed
it.

Always under the
dominance of her father, even after his death, Miss Emily plays the role of the Southern
lady, dimissing the city authorities when they come to collect taxes on her property:
"Show these gentlemen out."

Thus, there is little that Miss
Emily does that demonstrates feminine empowerment.  She does, however, defy tradition
for her by being seen with the Northern commoner Homer Barron; and, she claims him in
the only relationship that she has known--that of herself with death.  The child of a
dead patriarchal system, the daughter of a dead patriarch, Miss Emily becomes the wife
of a dead man.  This death she freely chooses in a macabre act of
feminism.

How to identify and develop the theme of the story "The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne.

The theme of Hawthorne's story is a familiar one of hidden
human guilt. Hawthorne believed that all humans were partly wicked, at least in their
thoughts and fantasies, and that they conceal this dark side of their characters behind
masks of friendliness, politeness, and integrity.The pessimistic German philosopher
Arthur Schopenhauer expresses this view in the following
words:

O for
an Asmodeus of morality who for his minion rendered transparent not merely roofs and
walls, but also the veil of dissimulation, falseness, hypocrisy, grimace, lying, and
deception that is spread over everything, and who enabled him to see how little genuine
honesty is to be found in the world and how often injustice and dishonesty sit at the
helm, secretly and in the innermost recess, behind all the virtuous outworks, even where
we least suspect them. 

Henry
James wrote that Hawthorne's was an age-old truism which Hawthorne seemed to regard as
his personal discovery. James also contended that Hawthorne was not as concerned about
human wickedness as he seemed, but that he liked to use it for dramatic purposes, as he
did with such success in his novel The Scarlet Letter. It may be that "The Minister's
Black Veil" was conceived more for its dramatic effectiveness than for any moral it was
intended to preach.

Holden Caulfield in J. D. Salinger's
novel  The Catcher in the Rye  seems to have discovered, or rediscovered, the truth that
people hide their real selves behind masks, which psychologists now call "personas." The
people of Hawthorne's time and place were more concerned about matters of conscience
because they sincerely believed that they could be punished for their sins with eternal
fire and brimstone, and they were reminded of this every Sunday at  church. Reverend
Hooper was using a new tactic by wearing a black veil wherever he went, gently reminding
people that they were all sinners and that they might be able to fool one another but
that they would all have their sins revealed and severely punished on Judgment Day.

what is an american dream?

The American dream as mentioned above, refers to the
opportunity to make whatever life one wants for him or herself regardless of background,
education, or previous experience. In modern times, the American Dream could be
described as a big house, two nice automobiles, a good job, 2 children, and a
dog.

In That Was Then, This is Now, what aspect of gang life does Mark recall with greatest pleasure?

Are you referring to when Mark is in jail and meets with
Bryon at the end of the novel? When Bryon is finally able to gain access to see Mark, he
recognises that his former best friend had undergone a terrifying change. Note how Bryon
describes him when he first sees him:

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His strangely sinister innocence was gone, and
in its place was a more sinister knowledge. He seemed to be pacing, like an impatient,
dangerous, caged lion.

What
is key to note is the way that Mark has lost his "sinister innocence," only to have it
replaced by a more "sinister knowledge." Mark, throughout this excellent novel, is
compared to a lion, but now this imagery emphasises the threat and danger that he
represents. When he talks to Bryon, Mark says that "I don't seem to be able to get away
with things any more." This of course relates back to his loss of "innocence" and its
replacement with knowledge. We can perhaps infer therefore that what Mark misses most
about his time before he was arrested was the way in which he was able to get away with
things because of his innocence. Now, he has entered a time when he has had his
innocence replaced with experience, and it seems his character is fundamentally changed
forever as a result.

I need to do a character analysis of Dorian Gray in The Picture of Dorian Gray. Please can you help with a thesis?

I would suggest that you focus on the way Dorian's
character changes throughout the book as he plunges ever further down the path of
corruption and vice thanks to Lord Henry's suggestions and involvement in his life. In
the character of Dorian Gray, we see the conflict between good and evil being won by
evil as, at every opportunity Dorian has to reedem himself, his evil side or
circumstances conspire against him to ensure his continued slide into hedonism. Consider
the following quote from the novel and the way that it explores the practice of hedonism
to which Dorian ascribes:

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Yes: there was to be, as Lord Henry had
prophesied, a new Hedonism that was to re-create life, and to save it from that harsh,
uncomely puritanism that is having, in our own day, its curious revival. It was to have
its service of the intellect, certainly; yet it was never to accept any theory or system
that would involve the sacrifice of any mode of passionate experience. Its aim, indeed,
was to be experience itself, and not the fruits of experience, sweet or bitter as they
might be. Of the asceticism that deadens the senses, as of the vulgar profligacy that
dulls them, it was to know nothing. But it was to teach man to concentrate himself upon
the moments of a life that is itself but a
moment.

Dorian pledges
himself to this practice where any experience, no matter how debased or absurd, is to be
desired and acquired. Any thesis must explore the way in which Dorian's character
declines during the course of the novel and how his portrait allows him to become a
debauched figure wihout losing any of his innocence. A suitable thesis statement might
therefore be:

The Picture of Dorian
Gray charts the descent of Dorian's character from being an innocent youth to
being a corrupt individual whose life is lived for
vice.

This thesis statement will allow you to explore the
change in Dorian's character as the novel progresses and how this change is a downward
slide.

How was the first seaside community created?

Seaside communities developed because prehistoric humans
recognized the advantages of living close to water. Living close to the ocean was good,
and living close to the outlet of a river into the ocean was quickly recognized as being
even better. That's why ancient cities were so often built at naturally occurring
ports.

Water was essential for drinking purposes - even if
the water in the ocean was not good to drink, the water from a river flowing into the
ocean could be used.

That river water also provided a
source of food in the form of fish and in the form of animals that came to the river to
drink. When agriculture began, the farmers learned to water their crops, first by
carrying water to the plants and later through irrigation
ditches.

Water also provided an easier method of
transportation than carrying goods over land. As trade developed with groups living in
other locations, boats were designed and built to enable people to get from place to
place.

How crucial are the corpsmen in the play?

In Fernando Arrabal's play "Picnic on the Battlefield" we
find the characters of Mr. and Mrs. Tepan entering the battlefield to propose a picnic
to their son Zapo. As the battle increases with no effect on the parents' picnic, they
encounter Zepo, an enemy fighter with no clue as to why he is an enemy in the first
place. They invite Zepo in but bombs begin to land everywhere around them, making Zapo
and Zepo run away to escape harm.

This is the part of the
story when the Red Cross corpsmen enter with the hopes of finding dead bodies from the
bombing. They are disappointed to find out that there are no dead bodies, and they are
especially sad because they will have no news to bring to their command center, nor
bodies to brag about. To make it even more funny, Zapos parents introduce themselves and
the mother even says sorry for not being dead and pleasing them with two warm
bodies.

The crucial aspect of this is that the corpsmen
represent the sadistic aspect of war: Bodies are trophies, and sentiment is nonexistent.
They are like pre-programmed zombies that act upon what they are told to do without
questioning. They are blind, and they may have no clue why they do what they
do.

After the final bombing kills every character (except
the corpsmen) i the play, they come back with a stretcher, showing that only the men are
worth recovering during battle, namely, the soldiers. There will be no stretcher for
Mrs. Tepan: She is of no importance and the corpse men pick up the bodies of those who
perished with no emotion at all.

That, in essence is the
message that Arrabal wants to send in this play. How war is so nonsense that it becomes
a ridiculous game of ego where nobody wins. The corpsmen show how disposable is the
human body, and how easily replaceble we are.

As described in his book The Omnivore's Dilemma, what kind of meal did Michael Pollan prepare?

In his book The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural
History of Four Meals, Michael Pollan (as his subtitle suggests) traces the
background of four different meals: one he ate at McDonald’s; one he prepared using
ingredients from Whole Foods; one he prepared using ingredients from a small farm in
Virginia; and (most intriguingly) one he prepared using the methods similar to those
used by early human hunter/gatherers.

On page 392 of the
original hardcover edition of his book, Pollan describes the ideals and objectives that
guided his preparation of this fourth meal.  They included the
following:

1. Pollan himself would provide all the
   ingredients of the meal by hunting, gathering, or growing
   them.


2. The meal’s ingredients should consist of at least
   one animal, one vegetable (or fruit), one fungus, and one
   mineral.


3. All the ingredients should be
   unpreserved.


4. No new funds should be spent on
   ingredients, although ingredients already purchased and on hand might be
   used.


5. The only guests at the meal should include the
   persons who had helped Pollan gather the ingredients (plus their closest
   relatives).


6. Pollan himself would prepare the
   meal.

Pollan approached this meal as an
experiment, partly to see what trying to prepare it could teach him. He does not propose
this kind of meal as a solution to any practical, real-world problems. He then details
the various problems and stories that arose from trying to prepare such a meal. He also
reports the various compromises he had to make to the guidelines listed
above.

Ultimately, much of the food for the meal came from
the forest. Preparing the meal took a great deal of time. In his closing comments on
this meal, Pollan writes that the meal reminds

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us how very much nature offers to the omnivore,
the forests as much as the fields, the oceans as much as the meadows. (p.
410)

Comment on the lack of choices that women had in Pride and Prejudice.

As we start reading this excellent novel, it is important
to remember that we are entering a world as seen from the perspective of women, and in
which women lead extremely limited lives. This is signalled from the beginning in the
first chapter by reference to the character of Mrs. Bennet and her reason for living,
which is of course to marry her daughters well:

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She was a woman of mean understanding, little
informatoin, and uncertain temper. When she was discontented she fancied herself
nervous. The business of her life was to get her daughters married; its solace was
visiting and news.

The
reality is that for women of this time, if you lacked a rich father, the only option
open to you was to marry, and to marry well, preferably, so that you could gain yourself
a position of independence and prestige. Of course, for the Bennets, this position is
made more perilous by the way in which the property is entailed away from them to the
nearest male relative, making the desperation of Mrs. Bennet to marry off her children
even more acute.

A good example that could be used to talk
about the lack of choices that women faced at this time would be the fate of Mary, the
rather stern and studious Bennet sister, whos fate is presented to us in Chapter
61:

Mary was
the only daughter who remained at home; and she was necessarily drawn from the pursuit
of accomplishments by Mrs. Bennet's being quite unable to sit alone. Mary was obliged to
mix more with the world, but she could still moralise over every morning visit; and as
she was no longer mortified by comparisons between her sisters' beauty and her own, it
was suspected by her father that she submitted to the change without much
reluctance.

The fate of Mary
highlights the lack of choices that women faced, and also gives us a new understanding
of why Charlotte Lucas was so desperate to marry even such a man as Mr. Collins. If you
didn't marry as a woman, you lost all chance of gaining indepdence. You would become the
carer of your mother and you would be a financial burden on the rest of your family.
Freedom and independence, such as these were, could only be experienced through marriage
and through the gaining of your own household that you could be responsible
for.

How many years of school do you need to become a forensic anthropologist for the air force or any other military branch?I'm interested in attending...

Forensic anthropologists use the combined sciences of
physical anthropology and osteology (the study of bones) to study decomposed or
skeletonized human remains.  They work with law enforcement and forensic pathologists as
well as other forensic scientists to determine age, sex, stature and ethnicity,
primarily to identify the subject.  They can also uncover skeletal injury from fractures
and gunshot wounds.

To enter the field, you will
need an undergraduate degree in biology, anatomy, physiology or anthropology, and
postgraduate training at least at the master degree
level.

The military hires forensic
anthropologists at the master’s degree level.  The majority of forensic anthropologists
have PhD’s.  This is especially important if you intend to teach, and adds credibility
during court testimony.

So we are talking about
a minimum of 6 years’ education to enter the field, four years at the undergraduate
level, leading to a bachelor’s degree in science, and two years’ graduate study to
obtain a master’s degree.

The first reference
defines forensic anthropology.

The second gives
comprehensive information for a career in forensic anthropology.

Did Augustus really begin Roman Empire because he had no alternative?

The Roman Empire properly began with Augustus' uncle
Julius Caesar who was killed because the Romans feared he would make himself King.
Julius Caesar had instituted a centralized form of rule over Rome which had previously
not existed, and had also set up colonies in North Africa, Gaul, and Spain. So it is
incorrect to attribute the founding of the Empire to Augustus. In fact, after the
collapse of the Second Triumvirate comprised of Octavian (later known as Augustus), Mark
Antony and Lepidus, Octavian hoped to restore the old Roman Republic. He could not do
so, however as if he relinquished power, the end result would be another Roman civil war
much as that which had brought him to power. It was thus expedient for him to retain the
reins of power, but to do so in a more subdued way. The Roman Senate awarded him the
title of Augustus (which had strong religious connotation) and because of his position
as head of the Roman army, he was given the title of Imperator (hence "Emperor.") In an
attempt to appear as merely first among equals, (primus inter pares)
Augustus awarded himself the title of "first citizen," or Princeps
Civitatus. (From this term comes the word "prince." He wore modest clothes
and lived in a simple house, encouraged family life and made adultery a crime. At the
same time, he accumulated a great deal of power for himself; and was ultimately
responsible for all important government functions. All of this an attempt to preserve
the integrity of the Empire but move it as near to the former Republic as possible. So
he did not really "begin" the Empire; however he did act to preserve it in an effort to
prevent further war. He was obviously successful, as the period of his rule is known as
the pax romana (roman peace.)

What was the importance of the town of Peenemunde in World War II?

Peenemunde is a town on the
Baltic Sea which housed important German army and Luftwaffe bases during World War II.
Located on the Peene River on the island of Usedom, the town included
Peenemunde Air Field and the Peenemunde Army
Research Center, of which Werner von Braun was the chief director. The
development and testing of the V-1, V-2 and V-3 rockets were begun in Peenemunde, as
well as other experimental German aircraft, such
as

• the Wasserfall, Schmetterling, Rheintochter,
  Taifun, and Enzian missiles


• the Messerschmitt Me 163
  rocket-powered fighter


• the Heinkel He
  176

Peenemunde was the target of
Operation Hydra (part of Operation Crossbow)
in which British bombers made a series of raids against a suspected hydrogen peroxide
plant in 1943. Peenemunde also featured a plant that produced liquid oxygen, and
an experimental supersonic wind tunnel. The town was captured by the Soviets in May
1945.

What is philosophy?

The term philosophy was probably coined by the Pythagorean
school in ancient Greece. It combines two Greek roots, philia (love) and sophia
(wisdom). The philosopher therefore is not someone who claims to be wise, but rather
someone who loves and seeks wisdom. This term was adopted by Socrates and his follower
Plato, to contrast their own pursuit of wisdom for its own sake with the sophists, who
claimed to be wise and earned their livings by teaching (selling the wisdom they claimed
for profit). In classical antiquity, the term philosophy refered to almsot any possible
type of wisdom -- what we call science, for example, in antiquity was considered a
branch of philosophy (natural philosophy).

The Stoics
divided philosophy into three branches, ethics, logic, and physics, the first dealing
with how we ought to behave, the second with how we ought to think, and the third with
the nature of the world. Metaphysics, considered part of physics in the Stoic scheme,
deals with the nature of being. Theology, which deals with the nature of the divine, is
considered a separate, albeit related, discipline.

What are the PROPS of this play?

Props are the items used to create an environment or
setting within which the action of a play takes place. In any play, the props used will
be determined by the resources available to the company producing the play, the space
available for placement of props on the stage, and the need for items to support the
plot. It is not possible to give one all-inclusive list of props that will always be
used in the production of any given play.

In the case of
Death of a Salesman, props are used first to create the Loman's house. The furniture,
pictures on the walls, items scattered about the room(s) are all props contributing to
the impression of a family not doing well financially or emotionally. As the play
progresses, props support changes in the location of the action from scene to
scene.

In the final analysis, the props of any play are
dependent upon the imagination of the people producing the play.

When a stranger comes to the Whites' door in "The Monkey's Paw," why does Mrs. White think he has come?

Mrs. White actually has no clue who the stranger is who
comes to her door in Chapter II of "The Monkey's Paw." She had noticed the man lingering
outside their home, and three times he had passed the front gate without entering.
Finally, he thrust open the gate and knocked on the door. Mrs. White welcomed him inside
and apologized for the untidiness of the house. When he finally introduced himself as a
representative of Maw and Meggins, Herbert's place of business, she and her husband knew
the news was not good.

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     "I'm sorry--" began the
visitor.
     "Is he hurt?" demanded the mother, wildly.
     The
visitor bowed in assent. "Badly hurt," he said, quietly, "but he is not in any
pain."
     "Oh, thank God!" said the old woman, clasping her hands. "Thank
God for that! Thank--"
     She broke off suddenly as the sinister meaning of
the assurance dawned upon her and she saw the awful confirmation of her fears in the
other's perverted face. 

The
stranger had come to inform them that Herbert was dead, but that the paw's wish had come
true: The family would receive 200 pounds as insurance compensation for Herbert's
accidental death.

Is there a possibility of the old man and the narrator being father and son in "The Tell-Tale Heart"?What would be some evidence of proving this...

This is an argument that some critics of Edgar Allan Poe's
"The Tell-Tale Heart" have long debated.

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Some critics argue that the old man must have
known about the narrator’s violent tendencies, for he cries out in horror well before
the narrator kills him. Other critics suggest that the old man may have been the
narrator’s guardian or even
father. 

The fact that the
narrator only refers to the murder victim as "the old man" is one clue. Sons have
referred to their fathers as "the old man" for centuries; the fact that the younger man
is living in the same household is another suggestion that he may be living with his
father. The murderer (a highly unreliable narrator) claims to have no interest in the
man's gold, possibly because he might inherit the man's estate following his death. The
murderer claims to "love the old man" and know how the old man feels, and he greets him
each morning in his bedroom. Perhaps even the overwhelming guilt that the murderer feels
is because of their father-son relationship, and not simply just because he has killed a
man with a "vulture-eye." 

what time was it when people followed moses out of egypt to canaan?i know that it was in B.C.E; from AP World History lecture.

Realize that the dating of the Exodus is based on oral histories
that are thousands of years old, which means there may be inaccuracies in the details
used to establish chronological dates. Also understand that there are different versions
of how years are measured in regards to the events of ancient
history.

Given those reservations, my
Chronological Bible provides two possible years for the Exodus. The older way of marking
the time gives the starting year as 1446 BC; a more recent way of marking the dates
gives the year 1280 BC as the start of the Exodus. Regardless of the starting point you
choose to accept, remember that the time period of the Exodus spanned forty years as the
Hebrew people traveled in the wilderness. This means the crossing of the Jordan River
into Canaan occurred in either 1405 BC or 1239 BC, depending upon the method of marking
the years you follow.

How does the 1950’s setting of the short story inform its plot? Discuss three points of 1950’s culture and their relationship to the story.

"A Good Man is Hard to Find" is a timeless story born from
the newly emerged 1950s Southern American culture which was
becoming secularized in its religious values, and
influenced by the "3 Ms": mobility, mass
media,
and materialism.

O'Connor uses
the Misfit's fiery sermon against the grandmother's "watered down" religious values as a
mouthpiece for her denunciations of what Ralph C. Wood calls the "newly emerging
American civil religion [which melted] particularized historic faiths into thin
religious gruel."  He says O'Connor "likened such saccharine religion to pornographic
literature: the achieving of cheap and easy ends at the expense of valuable and
difficult means."  Let's face it, the grandmother is a hypocrite, a self-righteous
back-slider, one who takes her salvation for granted because she hasn't had a Misfit's
gun (a symbol of suffering and death) to her head every moment of her
life.

O'Connor also uses the car as a secular symbol for
the religious state of the grandmother.  Indeed, she is lost and can't remember if her
old home is in Tennessee or Georgia.  So, the 1950s mobility and culture of the car is a
metaphor used to show how displaced Americans had become (a recurring theme
in O'Connors stories--also read "The Displaced Person").  Needless to say, car wrecks
and broken down clunkers are common in her work.

The car,
newspaper clippings, the contents of her purse, and the grandmother's cat worry her more
than the lives of her family and soul, showing a growing sense of 1950s materialism and
mass media messaging--all of which take away from the grace and revelation of belief.
 The grandmother is more worried about her possessions than she is about her own soul.
 The Misfit is a reminder that she can't take her possessions with her (after
death).

I am doing an entropy lab and my lab group is using NH4Cl (s) and H2O (l) to make an endothermic reaction. I need to know the products of the...

What you are doing is not really an endothermic reaction
but rather a "heat of solution" lab.  When you dissolve NH4Cl in water you get a
solution of NH4+ and Cl- ions in water and a large amount of energy is absorbed when the
NH4Cl dissolves. So basically you have the ammonium chloride solid dissociating in water
to form positive and negative ions.

Can you please rephrase this sentence using passive voice? The voter has cast the vote.

Active voice: The voter has cast the
vote.

Passive voice: The vote
has been cast by the voter.

In a sentence
using active voice, the subject of the sentence performs the action expressed by the
verb.

The voter has cast
the vote.

The subject,
voter, cast, or placed, the
vote.

Here's another example of active voice: The
girl rode her
bike.

In a sentence using passive voice, the subject is
acted upon or receives the action expressed by the
verb.

The vote has been
cast by the voter.

The subject,
vote, receives the action of being cast
by the voter.

Here's another example of
passive voice: The boat was driven by
the tall boy.

Active voice is generally considered more
direct and concise but passive voice is often used in scientific or scholarly
writing.

In historical time, what does A.D. and B.C. mean?

As mentioned above, A.D. is the abbreviation for Anno
Domini and B.C. is the abbreviation for Before Christ. They are used to label or number
the years used with the Julian or Gregorian calendars. The Gregorian calendar is one of
the most widely used calendars used in the world
today.

There is no Year 0, so the year A.D. 1 immediately
follows after the year 1B.C. This dating system was devised in 525, but was not widely
used until after the Carolingian Renaissance. The Anno Domini was devised by Dionysius
Exiguus to enumerate the years in his Easter Table.

In Macbeth, what are some quotes that show Macbeth is not satisfied once he is king?

I would actually want to respond to this question by
looking act Act III scene 1, which is when Macbeth plots the murder of Banquo. At this
stage, he has already gained the crown, but the prophecies of the witches to both
himself and to Banquo still echo in his head and haunt him, and he remembers well that
the witches decreed that Macbeth would not be able to pass down the crown to any
children and that Banquo's heirs would be king. Note what he
says:

To be
thus is nothing, but to be safely thus:

.... He chid the
Sisters,

When first they put the name of King upon
me,

And bade them speak to him; then,
prophet-like,

They hail'd him father to a line of
kings:

Upon my head they plac'd a fruitless
crown,

And put a barren sceptre in my
gripe,

Thence to be wrench'd with an unlineal
hand,

No son of mine
succeeding.

Macbeth clearly
states his dissatisfaction with being King alone in this speech. To be "thus" or to be
King is "nothing" because he fears that he will not be able to hold on to the crown and
pass it on to his descendants. Notice the imagery with which Macbeth describes the
trappings of power that are his because of his position of King. His crown is
"fruitless" and his sceptre is "barren," pointing towards the way that being King is not
enough for Macbeth.

What circumstances in the play, R and J, force Friar Lawrence to make a desperate plan to help Romeo and Juliet to escape together? How does...

Friar Lawrence married Romeo and Juliet in the hopes that
this will end the feuding between their two households.  Of course, the young couple is
married in secret because neither of their families would have consented to such a
union.  Romeo is forced into a battle with Juliet's cousin on the night of the their
wedding.  He kills Tybalt, the cousin, in a moment of rage.  Juliet's grief over
Tybalt's death at Romeo's hand prompts her father to agree to a marriage between Juliet
and another man.  Of course, her father does not know she is already married.  Romeo is
banished for his actions, which means he will be unable to see Juliet again.  The Friar
proposes a desperate plan because Juliet wants to kill herself rather than marry the man
her father has chosen.  Unfortunately, things continue to go wrong.  Juliet pretends to
be dead but Romeo is unaware that she is pretending.  He returns and commits suicide
before the Friar can stop him.  Juliet awakes to her dead lover and the Friar is unable
to convince her to leave.  Both Romeo and Juliet die after a series of unfortunately
coincidences forces them to make desperate plans which go horribly
awry.

How do I write a letter to my teacher asking for community service and convincing her??????? Please help!

I think that in order to convince your teacher to allow
you gain community service, you must be honest. Your letter needs to give specific
reasoning why you need the community service, why you would like to have him/her sponsor
the community service, and how the act of you completing community service will benefit
you and the need to complete it.

Your honesty will be the
most convincing attribute of your letter. You need to be honest so that your teacher can
see why this opportunity is important. You may also wish to give your teacher some
information as to why you are required to complete community service in the first
place.

By doing this, you are essentially admitting that
you are willing to face the consequences of actions made (if you are facing community
service for getting in trouble) or because you simply wish to make a difference in your
community. Either way, it would be my hope that your teacher could come to understand
how important this is to you.

In "An Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge" what is the mood of the text? Please provide textual evidence.

The mood shifts according to the point-of-view in "An
Occurrence at Owl Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce. 

As the story
opens the mood is stoic; the scene portrayed reads more like a report of how the
soldiers operate.  Bierce provides minimal details of any emotion to the reader in the
opening paragraphs, except to comment on the absence of it, such as: "The company faced
the bridge, staring stonily, motionless" (1).  This first section of the story reads
like an indifferent soldier's report.

The mood shifts as
the point-of-view changes to that of the young man.  At this point in the story, the
mood becomes increasingly tense and distracted, because the young man in question faces
the hangman's noose and contemplates his final moments. Perhaps because Fahrquhar knows
that he is about to die, he lets himself be distracted by his
surroundings:

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The water, touched to gold by the early sun, the
brooding mists under the banks at some distance down the stream, the fort, the soldiers,
the piece of drift -- all had distracted him. And now he became conscious of a new
disturbance. (2)

Finally, as
Fahrquhar begins his downward plummet, the mood shifts to desperate as he plunges into
the river below to try and free himself: 

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"Put it back, put it back!" He thought he shouted
these words to his hands, for the undoing of the noose had been succeeded by the direst
pang that he had yet experienced"
(4).

Bierce increases the
intensity of the moment by using shorter sentences to create an infusion of sensory
details like "his neck ached horribly, his brain was on fire" (4).  The reader
experiences the sense of panic right along with the
character.

One of the most interesting aspects about the
shifting moods in this story is that Ambrose Bierce frequently interjects beautiful,
descriptive imagery and sentences in between the sequences of terror felt by Peyton
Fahrquhar.  For example when the young man imagines his home "all bright and beautiful
in the morning sunshine," the lovely imagery helps to take the edge or cold-heartedness
of the man's hanging (7).  The connection to nature softens the mood from being overly
harsh.

What does Archimedes principle and buoyancy have in common?

Archimedes's Principle has a lot to do with buoyancy, it
explains where buoyancy comes from.  Archimedes found that objects either wholly or
partially submerged in water displace a certain amount of that water.  Furthermore, the
objects had a force exerted upon them, in an upwards manner, that was equal to the
weight of the water they had displaced.  This upwards force is known as buoyant force,
or buoyancy.  This is the reason people weigh less when they are submerged in a swimming
pool.  Buoyancy is also responsible for steel ships floating in the ocean; the steel is
spread over a larger area, which displaces a larger amount of water.  This displaced
water pushes back, in return, against the bottom of the ship, helping it to
float.

What is the source and nature of the conflict for the protagonist, Sammy, in John Updike's short story, "A & P"?

Sammy has several conflicts that confront him in John
Updike's short story, "A & P." All of them (directly and indirectly) have to do
with the store manager, Mr. Lengel. Sammy seems none to happy with the strict regimen of
the store, and when Lengel chooses to embarrass the three girls who appear in his store
in bathing suits, Sammy chooses to quit. Sammy would probably have not made this
decision if the customers had been different, but he was trying to impress the girls by
making a chivalric act in their defense. When Lengel tells Sammy that he is making a
mistake (Lengel is a friend of Sammy's parents and has probably given him the job for
this reason), Sammy rings up a "No Sale" on his register and heads outside to look for
the girls. Sadly for Sammy, they have already left and never seemed to notice his
actions. 

How does Miss.Havisham contribute towards Pip's achieving great expectations?Great Expectations by Charles Dickens

Indubitably, Pip's life is altered by his first
experiences at Satis House where he meets Miss Havisham, the pale young gentleman, and
the beautiful and haughty Estella.  For, it is there that his burgeoning
self-perception as "coarse and common" commences.  Perceiving the aristocratic class as
superior to him, Pip initiates his aspirations of becoming a gentleman so that he will
not be common and he can, then, be eligible to win the heart of Estella, whom Miss
Havisham certainly encourages him to love.

When Mr.
Jaggers, the dark gentleman whom Pip has encountered on the stairs at Satis House brings
the news that he is to have "great expectations," Pip assumes that Miss Havisham is his
benefactor.  Later, having received Pip when he calls upon her and asked him several
pertinent questions while at the same time gloating on Pip's responses which upset Miss
Sarah Pocket who is present, Miss Havisham tells Pip,

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"You have a promising career before you.  Be
good--deserve it--and abide by Mr. Jaggers's
instructions."

When she
stretches out her hand, Pip goes to one knee and kisses this hand, taking leave of his
"fairy godmother" who gloats upon this act. Further, Miss Havisham contributes more to
Pip's expectations because she continues to encourage Pip to love Estella as she has Pip
call upon her at Satis House after Estella returns from her schooling. Pip is also asked
by her to meet Estella at the stage whenever she comes to London; in addition, Pip is
given instructions to call upon Estella at Richmond where she lives with a wealthy woman
who introduces Estella to London society.  Thus, it remains Pip's hope that he will
marry Estella.  And, it is not until Magwitch arrives and reveals that he is Pip's true
benefactor that Pip realizes that Miss Havisham has never intended to make him a
gentleman or give him "great expectations."