Sunday, May 31, 2015

Provide at least two examples of foreshadowing from the story and indicate what each example foreshadows.

Foreshadowing is a literary technique
used to build suspense in a story by way of hints or clues that suggest what will happen
next in the story.


Two examples of foreshadowing in "The
Cask of Amontillado" and what the examples are hinting
at:


1. Fortunato states, "I shall not die of a cough."
Montresor responds, "True," and by doing so he allows the reader to suspect that there
is another more devious, sinister plan in the making. Montresor knows Fortunato will die
from starvation in the crypt.


2. During the conversation
involving the Masonic order, Montresor defends the fact that he is a member of the
Masons but when he lifts his trowel the reader wonders if he means he is literally a
stonemason. Indeed Montresor will build Fortunato's grave from stones by the close of
the story.


"The Cask of Amontillado" is a dark horror story
written in classic Edgar Allan Poe style.

Can a child refuse to visit grandparents even if it is court ordered?


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I don't think a
child has the right to refuse court ordered visitation. This is assuming that the child
in question is a minor. I don't think a court order dealing with visitation could be
continued when dealing with a child over 18. I doubt that the child would be punished
for missing these visitations; however, the guardians of the child could be. It is their
responsibility to deliver the child to the court appointed visits. The consequences of
missing these visitations will vary from state to state. A child speak with a lawyer (or
ask their guardian to) and try to legally change the court order. To my knowledge, a
court order cannot be refused but it can probably be appealed. However, until it is
reversed, the order must be followed.







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Are the real themes of The Playboy of the Western World love and marriage, not patricide?

It seems a little difficult to think of patricide as the
real theme since Synge's play is a humorous satire meant to evoke laughter. While
patricide is a common theme in tragedy, (e.g., Oedipus Rex), it
seems incongruous for Synge to introduce it as an important theme in a satirical comedy.
Patricide would more plausibly be analyzed as (1) the off-stage dramatic inciting
incident and (2) a motif related to the themes of impulsivity, imagination, and group
mentality. Love and marriage may be considered a theme, however, they seem to be
secondary ones that support the significant theme of impulsivity since impulsivity is
the thematic motif that comprises the off-stage inciting
action.


The theme of impulsivity has weight because it is
Christy's impulsivity that caused him to strike his father; it is the villagers'
impulsivity that generates each of their changeable reactions to Christy; it is Pegeen's
impulsivity that causes her to accept Christy's proposal of marriage; and it is the
villagers' impulsivity that crowns Christy the Playboy of the Western
World.



WIDOW
QUIN — [with the shade of a smile.] —
They're cheering a young lad, the
champion Playboy of the Western World. [More
cheering.]



The most powerful
themes are those of imagination and group mentality. It is imagination that forces
Christy to cry out that he had only killed his father as a defence against all manner of
other imagined offenses impulsively suggested by the villagers' group
mentality.


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CHRISTY —
[twisting round on her with
a sharp cry of horror.] — Don't strike me. I killed my poor father, Tuesday was a week,
for doing the like of
that.



Further, it is group
mentality that imagines Christy as the Playboy of the Western World. While other themes
include rebellion and social convention, imagination and group mentality, closely
associated to the theme of myth making, by far carry the greatest weight. Bear in mind
that group mentality is defined as expressions of ideas and feelings of the moment, as
exemplified by the reaction to Kennedy's speech at the Berlin Wall, while social
convention is represented by traditional behavior.

Saturday, May 30, 2015

How did the New England character contrast with the South?

First, please note that it is somewhat dangerous to lump
all people in a given region together and to assign them one "character."  Any
discussion of regions' characters is necessarily a
generalization.


It is generally said that the character of
New England was much more sober and egalitarian than the Southern character.  The
character of the South was more aristocratic, flamboyant, and hierarchical.  This is
said to have come about because of the plantation economy of the South on the one hand
and the Puritan ethos of New England on the other.


Southern
culture was dominated by plantation owners who saw themselves as a natural elite.  They
acted like European lords, displaying their wealth and their status for all to see.  By
contrast, New England's culture came from Puritans.  These were people who felt that
they needed to act in a godly way so as to set an example for others.  They were also
people who believed in humility and in treating other men (at least) as
equals.


Because the two regions were settled in such
different ways, they came to have (generally speaking) very different
characters.

What is the summery of To Kill a Mockingbird?

The action of To Kill a
Mockingbird
 centers around the narrator and protagonist of the story, young
Scout Finch. The story takes place over a two and one-half year period, beginning when
Scout is five. Her father, Atticus, is a prominent attorney in their small town of
Maycomb, Alabama; he is a single parent whose wife died of a heart attack, leaving him
to bring up Scout and her older brother, Jem. The action of the first part of the novel
develops around the Finch children's relationship with summer visitor Dill Harris, and
his obsession with a mysterious, unseen neighbor, Boo Radley. Boo has been unjustly
accused of many bizarre events, and the children are at first terrified of him, but they
still pursue their goal of getting a peek at Boo, who never leaves his house during the
daylight hours. The children begin receiving gifts in the knothole of a tree on the
Radley property, and they soon come to learn that Boo is harmless and wants to be their
friend, too.


The second part of the novel concentrates on
the trial of Tom Robinson, a black man who has been accused of raping a white woman.
Atticus defends Tom, and it becomes evident to Jem and Scout--and the reader--that Tom
is innocent; nevertheless, Tom is found guilty by the all-white jury. The two main plots
are tied together in the end when Boo saves the children from a murderous attack by Bob
Ewell, whose daughter had unjustly accused Tom of the rape. Boo kills Bob, Jem is badly
injured, Scout finally gets to meet Boo, and Scout comes to realize that Boo has been a
watchful neighbor, keeping an eye on her and Jem for the past several
years.


The novel explores themes of racism and prejudice as
a backdrop for the the youthful enthusiasm and adventures of the children, while
creating an enduring character in Atticus Finch, the quintessential model of a Southern
lawyer whose honesty and tolerance for all people is unmatched in American
literature.

Friday, May 29, 2015

A surbodinate comes in office in the morning completely upset and confused with family/home matters! How can i make him come back to normal situation?


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How a manager deals
with subordinates is largely depended upon that person's style of management. If I was
dealing with a subordinate distracted by matters outside of work, I might pull them
aside and speak with them privately. I might encourage them to set this problem aside
and focus on the work situation at hand. Other managers might take a more blunt approach
or speak with the person regardless of the presence of others. Another manager might
ignore the issue altogether, not wishing to be involved in his/her subordinates personal
lives. There are many different ways to handle management issues. Finding the way you,
as the manager, are most comfortable with can be a good start. If the manager is
uncomfortable, those he leads will be as well. It is also important to balance your own
comfort level against that of the subordinates. Finding a happy median that works for
everyone in the office is part of the task of a manager.







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How is the fact that the play is from Tom's point of view effective?

It makes sense for Tom to narrate the play, because the
other main characters possess personality flaws that would make their ability to narrate
more problematic. Amanda lives in a dream world, stuck in the past, and Laura is
painfully shy and inexperienced with social interactions. Tom has a dreamy quality, and
fancies himself a poet. He is also very frustrated with his life at home and longs to
get away from it, in particular his difficult relationship with his mother. The fact
that Tom's main action in the play is to gain the motivation he needs to leave home
already means his character is slightly removed from the action, which also makes him a
suitable choice for the play's narrator.

Thursday, May 28, 2015

In which Articles of the Constitution can you find information about the rules and procedures concerning the Constitution's supremacy to all other...

The idea that the Constitution is the supreme law of the
land is found only in one article of the Constitution.  It is found in Article VI. 
Article VI is, in general, concerned with the powers of the federal
government.


In Article VI, we are told that the
Constitution, as well as any laws that are created by Congress in accordance with the
Constitution, will be the supreme law of the land.  The exact words of Article VI
are



This
Constitution, and the Laws of the United States which shall be made in Pursuance
thereof; and all Treaties made, or which shall be made, under the Authority of the
United States, shall be the supreme Law of the
Land...



So, the answer to
your question is that it is Article VI that states that the Constitution is the supreme
law of the land.

Where in George Orwell's novel 1984 is a change of external enemies discussed?

One of the most striking moments in George Orwell’s novel
1984 occurs in Part 2, Chapter 9, when the leaders of Oceania
suddenly announce that Oceania is no longer at war with Eurasia but instead with
Eastasia.  Eurasia, formerly a reviled enemy, is now an ally; Eastasia, formerly an
ally, is now a reviled enemy. Ironically, news of these new relationships comes at the
very climax of a rally, nearly a week long, designed to arouse public hatred of Eurasia.
Just when



the
general hatred of Eurasia had boiled up into such delirium that if the crowd could have
got their hands on the two thousand Eurasian war criminals who were to be publicly
hanged on the last day of the proceedings, they would unquestionably have torn them to
pieces—at just this moment it had been announced that Oceania was not after all at war
with Eurasia. Oceania was at war with Eastasia. Eurasia was an
ally.



Part of the point of
describing this change as so sudden (and yet so routine) is that Orwell depicts war
itself as the ongoing focus of the leaders of Oceania (and the other two states). It
almost doesn’t matter which entity is the enemy; what matters most is that war of some
sort, waged against someone, continue so that the population can be controlled by
propaganda and given work to do to support the war effort and sustain the economy. War
isn’t fought on behalf of deeply held ideals but merely as a means of social control and
to keep The Party in power. All the recent history treating Eurasia as an enemy will now
have to be rewritten, but that rewriting will give the party intellectuals something to
do and will also help ensure that the party maintains its grip on the minds of the
general population.


The word “war” appears frequently
throughout 1984, partly because war is presented as a never-ending,
on-going process.  When one reads the novel, the names “Eastasia” and “Eurasia” often
become difficult to keep straight. Thus, readers themselves begin to feel somewhat as
Orwell’s characters feel: confused about who is the enemy at any given moment, but aware
that some enemy must always exist.

How does the writing style convey the character's struggle to come to terms with what his grandfather said to him and his future in...

The writing style of Ellison's story "Battle Royal"
(from the novel Invisible Man) is one of the frame story. The
narrator is telling about the advice his grandfather gave to his father (the narrator's
father) about life.


The grandfather's advice is to never
give up his fight. Based upon this, the themes of the text develop over the action. The
themes revolve around friendship, racism, equality, and
action.


The advice of the grandfather pushes the narrator
to do just that. He grows up knowing that it is important to never give up. During the
unending fight, the narrator must learn how to fight while not forgetting who he is and
what he stands for.


The writing style allows the reader to
get into the mind of the narrator and feel his confusion and pain. The theme of the text
reiterates the importance of standing up for what one believes, but, simultaneously,
shows the pain it causes for the narrator.

What are some positive ways in which humans interact with the environment?

A positive interaction that humans have with the
environment is saving animals that are endangered or injured. Unfortunately, not all
humans are like this and sometimes we tend to hurt it, but there are many organizations
out there that help animals heal when they cannot help themselves or might end up
dead.


There are people out there who take care of orphaned
baby animals. Without these people helping them, these babies are not able to survive in
the wild.


The important thing is to educate people about
how to make our world better instead of destroying it.

Wednesday, May 27, 2015

If a bank has access reserves of $8000 and checkable deposits of $150000. If the reserve ratio is 20% what is the size of the banks actual reserve?

The reserve requirement for banks is set by the Central
Bank of the country and is the percentage of funds that can be lent by the bank or which
are deposited with the bank in the form of checkable deposits, in the form of cash or
highly liquid government securities. The reserves help the bank pay those that have
deposited money in case they are required to do so by the
depositers.


Excess reserve is the amount of funds that the
bank has in excess of the reserve ratio.


Here, the bank has
excess reserves of $8000 and checkable deposits of $150,000. The amount in the form of
reserve ratio that it has to maintain is 0.2*150000 = 30000. Adding the excess reserves,
we have 30000+8000 = 38000


The bank's actual reserve assets
are $38000.

Tuesday, May 26, 2015

were della and jim foolish to have purchased gifts they couldn't afford for one anther? why?why or why not?

Whether Della and Jim were or were not foolish depends
upon your point of view. There are arguments to support either
opinion.


Jim and Della had very little money available for
things like presents of any sort. They lived in a very inexpensive flat with rundown
furnishings and had to watch their expenses very closely, with "pennies saved one and
two at a time by bulldozing the grocer and the vegetable man and the butcher." These are
not the kinds of conditions in which people should be spending relatively large amounts
of money for extravagant gifts. From that standpoint, they were very
foolish.


However, Jim and Della loved each other with a
depth of feeling that reached the depths and heights of their beings, a love that
demanded and deserved a demonstration in keeping with its enormity. Both willingly and
gladly made a great personal sacrifice in order to be able to present the other with a
gift that adequately expressed the great love they shared. The greatest treasure of all
was their shared love, and by sacrificing in order to give gifts to honor and celebrate
that relationship, they demonstrated that "of all who give and receive gifts, such as
they are wisest."

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Monday, May 25, 2015

What has the Obama Administration done specifically to try to deal with the economic problems facing America?

President Obama has done a large number of things that he
sees as ways to deal with the economic problems that have faced the nation during his
time in office.  For the most part, Obama's efforts have followed the ideas of Keynesian
economics.


The most important part of President Obama's
plan was his stimulus program of government spending and tax reductions.  Keynesian
economics holds that a country that is in a recession should increase government
spending and lower taxes.  Both of these actions would give consumers more money to
spend.  Their spending would boost the economy.


The
President has also done other things that were meant to stimulate the economy.  For
example, there was the "cash for clunkers" program that was meant to encourage the
buying of new cars.  There were also programs to try to help out people who were in
trouble with their mortgages.


There are many other things
that President Obama has done, but these are some examples of his efforts to deal with
America's economic problems.

How can I improve my writing skills while writing an essay-type question in English literature from exam point of view?

The first step in writing an essay is to determine a topic
and a point of view. Your essay’s point of view may be to persuade the reader to share
your beliefs on the topic, it may try to explain how to complete a certain task, or it
may try to familiarize or educate the reader about the topic. Or it could take a
completely different approach.


Every good essay should
contain the following parts:


  1. Outline of the
    topic

  2. Introduction

  3. Thesis

  4. Body (Consist of
    3-6 Paragraphs)

  5. Conclusion

To create an outline, list your topic at the
top of the page. Under the topic, list three to six main ideas, feelings or beliefs
about your topic, list these as A. B, C, etc. Then, list a few ideas, opinions, or
statements to support the main ideas. The outline will be used to create your essay’s
paragraphs. Your outline may look similar to this
one:


Topic Idea


A. This idea
about topic
1. Info to support this idea
2. Statements to verify
this idea


B. This fact about topic
1. Specific
info to verify this fact
2. Statement from an expert on your
topic


C. This information about topic
1.
Statistical information on topic
2. Important dialogue about the
topic


Introduction /
Thesis


The first paragraph includes the introduction and a
thesis statement. The introduction should captivate the reader’s attention and give an
idea of the essay’s focus. You may start your essay with an attention-getter such as a
bit of fascinating information, captivating dialogue or an interesting
fact.


Start with a few sentences that explain your topic in
basic terms and lead into your thesis statement. Each sentence of your opening statement
should become a bit more specific, until you reach the thesis
statement.


The thesis statement tells the reader what the
essay will be about and what points you will be making in your essay. Your thesis
statement should state the subject of the essay, explain the point of view the essay
will take or describe the ideas on your topic that you determined in your
outline.


Body Paragraphs


The
body paragraphs will explain your essay’s topic. Each of the main ideas that you listed
in your outline will become a paragraph in your essay. If your outline contained three
main ideas, you will have three body paragraphs. Start by writing down one of your main
ideas, in sentence form.


If your essay topic is a new
university in your hometown, one of your main ideas may be “population growth of town”
you might say this:


The new university will cause a boom in
the population of Fort Myers.


Build on your paragraph by
including each of the supporting ideas from your
outline.


Conclusion


The
conclusion serves to give the reader closure, summing up the essay’s points or providing
a final viewpoint about the topic.


The conclusion should
consist of three or four convincing sentences. Clearly review the main points, being
careful not to restate them exactly, or briefly describe your opinion about the
topic.

Are there any examples to show that Boxer is loyal to Napoleon?

Consider Boxer's two mantras for being as examples of his
loyalty.  When he says, "I must work harder" and "Napoleon is always right," it is
representative of his loyalty towards Napoleon.  It is also indicative of how committed
Boxer is to the ideas of Animalism, tenets that Napoelon claims to embrace.  Boxer is
not afraid of demonstrating his loyalty towards Napoleon's leadership in his working on
the windmill more than any other animals.  When he gets the rooster to wake him up
before all other animals, Boxer reflects his sense of devotion to Napoleon's rule and
the wishes of his leader.  Boxer is loyal to Napoleon in the most honest of ways.  There
is no duplicity or ulterior motives in why he works as hard as he does.  Rather, he is
committed to the idea that whatever "Comrade Napoleon" decides is for the best.  It is
for this trust in Napoleon that Boxer never ends up learning how to read beyond the
first four letters of the alphabet.  He believes in Napoleon in such an intense manner
that if Napoleon knows how to read and write, it is enough for Boxer.  The old cart-
house never quite understands how Napoleon only needs him for his physical service, such
as defense of the farm or for the building of the windmill.  When Boxer's lung collapses
and is dying, he believes that Napoleon will look out for his own best interests,
telling Clover that he looks forward to learning how to read and spending time with
Benjamin.  Boxer does not realize that Napoleon has made plans to dispose of Boxer,
something that ends up demonstrating how Boxer's trust and loyalty towards Napoleon is
something that ends up destroying him in the end.

Can anyone help me with the analysis of Satan in Milton's Paradise Lost?

Satan, being an adversary of God and of the entire
humanity, inevitably gets an antagonistic status in religious and moral texts. In John
Milton’s Paradise Lost, however, he is the hero or the
protagonistSatan, also known as Lucifer, was once one of the most
beautiful and loved angels in God’s heaven. But his rebellion and revolt against God
makes him thrown out of heaven. He accepts eternal damnation because he is unwilling to
get subjugated by the authority.


Satan is a very rich,
complex and powerful character. While he is clearly evil, immoral and revengeful, he is
also a tragic figure. He has a tragic flaw, hubris or extreme
pride, which becomes the reason of his downfall. Satan is definitely a very courageous,
heroic character who fights against the tyranny of the creator who is much more powerful
than him. The readers sympathize with him because he goes beyond his limits and risks
everything to fight for a cause he passionately believes in and fails. He impresses us
with his powerful, vivid oration and leadership skills. Even after getting badly
defeated, he doesn’t lose hope and asks his fellow fallen angels to continue the war
against God. Satan’s character also has overtones of self-destructiveness for he is
conscious of his loss, but refuses to repent. He believes, it is “Better to reign in
Hell than serve in Heaven”. The true nature of his character in the poem, however, is
highly debatable.

Friday, May 22, 2015

critical analysis of correct and incorrect grammar

Are you asking about the relationship between grammar
usage and socio-economic class of the speaker? Are you analyzing the use of non-standard
English? Are you looking for some other type of analysis that I can't infer correctly
from your extremely limited question?


If you are analyzing
grammar as related to economic or educational influences upon the speaker, you could
support the proposition that training in the rules of usage for grammatically-correct
standard English is related to the amount and type of education
received.


If you are arguing that usage in dialects such as
African American Vernacular English is "incorrect" grammar, I think you are missing the
point. AAVE, in a grammatical sense, is a separate language from standard English, with
its own set of guidelines structuring how words are properly used to communicate. AAVE
is different than standard English - it has nothing to do with "correct" or
"incorrect."

How does Orwell compare the farm under Napoleon's leadership to its exploited state under Farmer Jones' rule?

I would say that one of the major comparisons that Orwell
makes between the styles of leadership under Napoleon and Farmer Jones lies in how the
former uses the latter.  Orwell constructs a setting where Farmer Jones is used as the
constant "boogey man" by the Pigs.  Squealer employs the vision or notion of Farmer
Jones as the representation of all that is evil and wrong in the world.  In doing so, he
guarantees that the animals cannot question the world around them.  Farmer Jones is
associated with oppression, unfairness, and exploitation.  In this, Napoleon and the Pig
leadership ensures that he will never be forgotten.  While they are doing this, they are
mimicking the same repressive tendencies of Farmer Jones.  The animals' lives shows no
real sign of improvement as the leadership of the Pigs takes hold.  Each time an animal
raises the slightest hint of questioning, they are accused of wanting to bring back
Farmer Jones and the immediate demonizing of Farmer Jones begins.  In this, Orwell is
making the point that regimes and political orders benefit from blaming their
predecessors while they might be doing the exact same thing in order to consolidate
their own base of power.

Thursday, May 21, 2015

In the short story "Just Lather, Thats All", how does the last paragraph of the story make the reader reconsider their interpretation of the story?

There is a surprise ending and a role reversal of sorts at
the end of "Just Lather, That's All" that makes the reader think twice about the facts
of the story. First, the reader finds that Captain Torres has come to the barbershop not
only for a shave, but because he suspects that the barber is a spy for the rebels. He
risks his own life to test the resolve of the barber, and in the end, we find that
Torres is human, too. Despite his vicious pursuit of the rebels, and the tortures and
executions he has perpetrated, Torres is a brave man who does not enjoy
killing.



"They
told me that you'd kill me. I came to find out. But killing isn't easy. You can take my
word for it." And he headed down the
street.



The barber is left in
a quandary. He has missed his chance to kill Torres, and now Torres suspects (or
possibly even knows) that he is alligned with the rebels. Or, does Torres believe the
barber is an innocent civilian, since he failed to cut the captain's throat when he had
the chance? The barber has honored his code of not spilling blood, but he must still
wonder if he made the right decision.

During acute hepatitis stage what HBV is doing? And what do you call this stage of the virus life cycle?

HBV (Hepatitis B Virus) is primarily transmitted from
infected blood exposure as in a blood transfusion, needle sharing of IV drugs, or mother
to fetus during delivery.


Once the HBV is in the blood
stream, it begins to replicate in the hepatocyte (liver cell). This replication
interferes with liver function leading into acute hepatitis. Replication during this
stage occurs when the virus enters the hepatocyte through
endocytosis.


The virus's DNA is then transferred to the
host's nucleus by way of the host's special protein called chaperones. Once inside the
host's nucleus, the virus DNA is made into a full double stranded DNA through a critical
enzyme called Reverse Transcriptase. Once it is a double stranded DNA, this allows the
virus DNA to serve as a template to make RNA.  One of the RNA's (mRNA) is transported
back into the cytoplasm of the cell. Through this process and the enzyme Reverse
Transcriptase the virus (virion life cycle
continues).


Virion life cycles are more difficult than
perhaps a parasites life cycle due to the mutations viruses can
have.

Wednesday, May 20, 2015

In "The Leap" by Louise Erdrich, which leaps are literal? Which are figurative?

It is clear that the title of this excellent short story
is symbolic in a number of different ways. Firstly, you are right in identifying that it
refers to the various literal leaps that make up this story: the leaping that her mother
used to engage in when she worked as a trapeze artist, her final, fateful leap that she
managed to change so that she landed on some heavy wire, and then her final leap down to
save her daughter from their burning home.


Yet, apart from
the literal instances of leaping, there appear to be two specific "leaps" that are much
more metaphorical in nature. Firstly, we have the narrator's mother's second marriage,
which is described by her daughter as follows:


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I wonder if my father calculated the exchange he
offered: one form of flight for another. For after that, and for as long as I can
remember, my mother has never been without a
book.



The literal leaping is
exchanged by Anna for metaphorical leaping or flying of the imagination, as Anna finds
new worlds opening up before her thanks to her newfound
literacy.


Secondly, the narrator herself has made a leap
from her "failed life where the land is flat" to come home and look after her mother. We
are given no more information about the nature of how the narrator has failed in her
life, but it is clear that coming back and looking after her mother has given her the
excuse she needs to make a leap in her life, closing one chapter and beginning a new
one.

if g(n) =2n-1 and f(n)= n^2 + n then what is g(n) + f(n)? also, state the domain and range of the resulting function.Thanks

Given the functions:


g(n)=
2n-1


f(n) = n^2 +n


We need to
find the function g(n) + f(n).


==> f(n)+ g(n)=
(f+g)(n) = 2x-1 + n^2 + n = n^2 + 3n
-1


==> (f+g)(n)= n^2 + 3n -1


The domain  = R ( all real
numbers)


To find the range, we need to
determine the maximum or minimum value of the
function.


Since the coefficient of n^2 is positive, then
the parabola facing upward. Then, the function has minimum value at the
vertex.


Now we will need to find the
vertex.


vx = -b/2a = -3/2


vy=
(f+g)(vx)= (f+g)(-3/2)= (-3/2)^2 + 3(-3/2) -1 = 9/4+9/2 -1= (9-18 - 4)/ 4 = -13/4 = -
3.25 


==> Then, the vertex is the point ( -3/2,
-3.25)


Now since the parabola is facing upward, then  the
range is all y-values such that y >=
-3.25


Then, the range is y >=
-3.25


See the graph below for further
explanation.


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What themes does Philip Larkin's poem "Seventy feet down" explore?

Philip Larkin’s poem beginning “Seventy feet down” is the
second poem in a triptych of works titled “Livings.” In this poem, the “living”
described seems to be that of a lighthouse keeper, who looks down on the sea far beneath
him. Immediately, then, one of the themes suggested by the poem seems to be isolation. 
The speaker is isolated because the lighthouse is probably in some isolated location
(perhaps even out on an island, surrounded by the sea). The speaker is also isolated
because of his extremely lofty location, not only far above the sea but also distant
from other forms of life, human or otherwise. Finally, the speaker is isolated as well
because he seems to be the only occupant of the lighthouse. No other occupant is
mentioned or even hinted at. Thus the poem seems to deal with a theme – alienation –
that is quite typical of Larkin’s work.


The speaker of the
poem is mainly a distant observer of energetic action taking place beneath him.  He is
not the initiator of, or participant in, any energetic action of his own.  When he
exclaims, “Running suds, rejoice!” (5), the exclamation only seems to emphasize, by
contrast, his own lack of movement and his own apparent lack of joy. The same pattern is
repeated with another exclamation at the end of the second stanza: “Creatures, I cherish
you!” (10). Earlier he had addressed the sea itself; now he addresses the creatures who
survive in the sea by clinging to rocks. Both exclamations, however, serve only to
emphasize the speaker’s distance from the things he
describes.


The atmosphere of the poem literally darkens, as
does its tone. The speaker is connected to the outside world only tangentially, through
technology:


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Radio rubs its
legs,


Telling me of elsewhere . . .
(14-15)



Even the news the
speaker hears from the radio is news connected to his job. It isn’t as if he listens to
chat shows or takes pleasure in broadcast music. His job defines his life, his very
existence, in ways that are truer for him even than for most people. At night, all he
can see is snow falling, like moths, as the beam of light from the lighthouse travels
around in the sky over waters that are now “Leather black” (25). Both the darkness and
the emphasis on winter help imply, again, the speaker’s lonely life. The speaker eats
alone and, as the poem ends, sees lit-up ocean liners moving ever farther away from him
– one last example of the theme of loneliness.

What is the summary for chapter 1?

In Chapter 1, the reader gets their first introduction to
the main character.  The origin of Pooh bear's name is evident, as well as the
introduction to Christopher Robin and some of the other characters in the 100 Acre
Wood.  The conflict with which Pooh bear must struggle with in the first chapter is the
presence of the "buzzing sound" that he hears.  This presence means that bees are near,
and with bees comes the bane of Pooh's existence in honey.  Pooh Bear reflects and
contemplates different situations in which he can obtain their honey.  One of the
involves him pretending that he is a rain cloud, and this plan requires Christopher
Robin's participation in saying, "Tut, tut- it looks like rain."  Our introduction to
Pooh is one where we are aware that he is "a bear of very little brain."  At the same
time, we understand Pooh as one who is quite surface in how he sees reality.  The
emotional depth and complexity of Pooh bear is not quite as evident in this chapter.  At
the same time, it becomes essential and important to note that some of the side
characters are brought out in this chapter, with more to come in subsequent
chapters.

Tuesday, May 19, 2015

Prove the trignometric identity: cos3A=cosA(2cos2A-1)

We have to show that cos 3A = (cos A)(2cos 2A -
1)


cos 3A = cos(A +
2A)


=> (cos A)(cos 2A) - (sin A)(sin
2A)


sin 2A = 2*sin A*cos
A


=> (cos A)(cos 2A) - (sin A)(2*sin A*cos
A)


=> (cos A)(cos 2A) - 2(sin A)^2*cos
A


use cos 2A = 1 - 2(sin
A)^2


or -2(sin A)^2 = cos 2A -
1


=> (cos A)(cos 2A) + cos A(cos 2A -
1)


=> (cos A)(cos 2A) + cos A*cos 2A - cos
A


=> (cos A)[cos 2A + cos 2A -
1]


=> cos A(2cos 2A -
1)


This proves that cos 3A = (cos A)(2cos 2A
- 1)

What is science and what are five reasons that it is important?

Like many terms whose meaning at first seems obvious, the
term "science" is actually quite difficult to define precisely. Or perhaps it is more
accurate to say that the term has been defined in many different ways (and understood in
many different senses) over the course of many centuries, so that defining it in any
limited, strict, or single sense is very difficult.  One has only to look at the many
ways the term has been used to realize how difficult defining it precisely really is
(see The Oxford English
Dictionary
).


For present purposes, the
definitions provided at dictionary.com seem
sufficient:



1.
a branch of
knowledge or study dealing with a body of facts or truths systematically arranged and
showing the operation of general laws: the mathematical sciences.


2.
systematic knowledge of the physical or material
world gained through observation and experimentation.

3.

any of the branches of natural or physical science.

4.

systematized knowledge in general.

5.

knowledge, as of facts or principles; knowledge gained by systematic study.


6.
a particular branch of knowledge.




7.

skill, especially reflecting a precise application of facts or principles;
proficiency.


Of these definitions,
perhaps # 5 most closely corresponds to what most people have in mind when they speak of
"science."

The importance of "knowledge gained by systematic study"
is hard to over-estimate. Here are five reasons why such knowledge is
important:

  • It is
    knowledge. In other words, it is a set of claims and
    assertions in which we can have enormous confidence because those claims have been
    tested and have proven reliable.  This is not to say that science is never wrong or
    infallible; indeed, it is precisely the fact that scientific claims can be falsified --
    that is, proven untrue -- that we can have great confidence that generally accepted
    claims of science are reliable.

  • It makes possible the
    manipulation of matter, allowing us to build things like
    bridges and airplanes and have good reasons to assume that they will not collapse or
    crash.  Without science, material progress by humans would be haphazard and
    slow.

  • It contains the possibility of
    growing knowledge. One scientific "discovery" often leads
    to another, and that one to another, and that one to another, in ways that are not true
    in other fields of human endeavor.

  • It can be
    systematically taught. It does not rely as much as other
    kinds of thinking on inspiration, guess work, intuition, or chance.  All these factors
    play some role in scientific discovery, but once a discovery has
    been made it can be taught to people as a truth in a way that is not true in other, less
    rigorous fields.

  • It is convincing not
    because it is rhetorically attractive or emotionally satisfying but because it has
    enormous predictive value: science allows us to peer into
    the future in ways that other fields of study do not and
    cannot.


How does the following quotation relate to Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and other medieval literature: "In serving each other we become free"?

Although this quote applies loosely to the chivalric code
put forth by the legendary King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table, it is not
contained within Sir Gawain and the Green Knight.  I say "loosely"
because, from what I understand, it can only be found within the context of the movie
First Knight.


Spoken by King Arthur to
Lancelot and inscribed upon the famed "round table," this quote exemplifies both the
loyalty and the valor of this medieval code.  Therefore, in regards to literature,
perhaps we can relate this quote best to famous pieces of literature such as
Idylls of the King, Morte d'Arthur and
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight which most definitely deal with the
code of chivalry.


Just because King Arthur is legendary and
this quote imagined doesn't mean that we can't appreciate it for what it's worth,
however. It deals with loyalty, certainly an admirable quality.  These Knights of the
Round Table certainly had loyalty to God, their country, and their king above all else. 
The knights were there to serve and, in so doing, keep Christendom free from the enemy. 
Protecting and serving the community is still valued even in society today.  In that, we
can say that this code of chivalry is certainly not "dead," as some people
claim.


The code of chivalry had some particular indicators
of nobility, which was still able to be achieved even through war that they considered
to be the "serving each other" in the quote above.  No one should ever attack from the
back.  No torture was allowed.  No unprepared opponent should be set upon.  Above all,
justice should be administered.


For example in
Sir Gawain and the Green Knight chivalry can easily be found in the
following lines:


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Now take care, Sir Gawain, / That your courage
wax not cold / When you must turn again / To your enterprise
foretold.



Of course, Sir
Gawain takes up his quest and is eventually rewarded, ... as is King Arthur in
Morte d'Arthur. Chivalry peppers this text and summed up nicely in
the following quote:


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Do after the good and leave the evil, and it
shall bring you to good fame and
renown.



Ironically, if you
change one little word of the quote within your question to read "by serving each other
we become free," I have heard it applied to everything from football, to Tibetan and
Mongolian wisdom, and even within the confines of Christianity to exemplify the best way
to live one's life in Christ!

Monday, May 18, 2015

What makes the ending in Shakespeare's Romeo and Juliet so effective?

One of the most effective aspects of the ending to
Romeo and Juliet is the fact that Lords Capulet and Montague
finally unite. This aspect of the ending actually changes the play from being a
traditional tragedy to a much less traditional tragedy. In fact, scholars classify
Romeo and Juliet as one of Shakespeare's Problem
Plays.

The unity of Lords Capulet and Montague is first lead by Prince
Escalus's very poignant and effective speech pointing out that God has seen fit to
punish Lords Capulet and Montague for their hatred by uniting the two families through
the love between their children and then killing their children. We see Prince Escalus
making this effective declaration in the lines:


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Where be these enemies? Capulet Montage
[Montague],
See what a scourge is laid upon your hate,
That heaven
finds means to kill your joys with love!
(V.iii.302-305)



Prince
Escalus creates further unity in this speech by pointing out that God is not only
punishing them but punishing everyone. God has especially punished Prince Escalus by
killing some of his family members, such as Mercutio, for not forcefully putting an end
to the feud sooner, as we see in his lines, "And I, for winking at you, discords too, /
Have lost a brace of kinsmen. All are punish'd" (305-304). The phrase "winking at you"
can be translated as turning a blind eye, showing us that Prince Escalus is guilty of
having ignored the feud for a long time. The line that most passionately creates unity
in this speech is Prince Escalus's final proclamation, "All are punish'd," showing us
that all people present have a share of responsibility in all of the deaths that have
taken place.

Prince Escalus's speech that serves to unify all people
through universal blame for the deaths inspires Lord Capulet to call Lord Montague
"brother," as we see in the line, "O brother Montague, give me thy hand" (307). The term
"brother" serves to remind us that they are now related by marriage but also to remind
us that they are brothers in a spiritual sense. Montague equally repents and accepts
Capulet's offer of brotherhood, even offering to raise a statue of "pure gold" in
Juliet's honor. Capulet responds in kind and offers to raise a statue in Romeo's honor,
creating permanent forgiveness and unity between the two families. It is this unity,
this resolution, that makes the ending of the play so effective.

What are examples of internal conflict in When Crickets Cry by Charles Martin?

An internal conflict occurs in a
story when a character faces a challenge personally, and usually has a decision to make.
 The problem takes place within the character.


In the
novel, When Crickets Cry, the main character Reece experiences
several internal conflicts in the opening scene of the story.  He encounters Annie, the
young girl with a heart defect, selling lemonade.  He wants to know this girl, he wants
to hear her story, without revealing anything about himself.  As he narrates his own
story he reveals the methodical process of his questioning, and even mentally admits, in
answering her questions, that he isn't telling "lies," when he chooses to leave out many
details about himself.


Then, Annie is hit by a truck.  He
struggles to help her, medically, and simultaneously convince others who have gathered
that he knows what he is doing and is actually helping.  Several internal conflicts rage
as he must make split-second decisions about what to do and say to best help the injured
girl, and to convince others that everything is going to be okay.  Several of these
split-second decisions result in minor external conflicts, as he physically must fight
off two large men who believe he is hurting the girl.

In "The Interlopers," the protagonist hates the antagonist. How do we know this?

Now this is a very interesting question, because the way
you have worded your question seems to infer that the protagonist and antagonist are
respectively Ulrich von Gradwitz and Georg Znaeym. I would actually beg to differ. I
personally think that the protagonist in this excellent short story is nature and that
the two feuding men are the antagonists. You might like to consider the way in which the
violence of nature is described in the scene when a tree falls on top of them
both:



And
before the moment of hesitation had given way to action, a deed of Nature's own violence
overwhelmed them both. A fierce shriek of the storm had been answered by a splitting
crash over their heads, and ere they could leap aside, a mass of falling beech tree had
thundered down on
them.



Nature itself is
described as a character that shows its anger at the way in which these two interlopers
have ingressed on her territory. The petty nature of the quarrel between the two men is
thus highlighted, as the stretch of land that they have argued about so fiercely doesn't
really belong to either of them, but to Nature itself, and Nature is clearly not pleased
by the arrogance of both men and their claims to what is rightfully hers. The violence
of Nature makes this perfectly clear.

Sunday, May 17, 2015

In the short story "The Story of an Hour", what are the conflcits between two of the characters in the story?

There are many conflicts in Chopin's short story "The
Story of an Hour." While the greatest conflict is seen within the main character of Mrs.
Mallard (her internal conflict with being a woman who had been unable to be free from
the constraints of an oppressive marriage), there are conflicts between her and other
characters.


One example of an external conflict (man v.
man) in the story is the relationship between Mrs. Mallard and her husband. She
obviously feels oppressed by him. She has aged prematurely, feels as if she has no
freedom, and feels like a prisoner in her own home. It is not until she is told of the
death of her husband that she feels she has escaped from his
oppression.


Another example of external conflict in the
text is between Mrs. Mallard and her sister. While her sister wishes to help her grieve
the news of her husband's death, Mrs. Mallard does not allow it. Mrs. Mallard forces her
sister away in order to allow herself to contemplate the death on her
own.

Saturday, May 16, 2015

Has Mayella exchanged the word ''is'' for the word ''does" when she says her father ''does tollable'' in Chapter 18 of To Kill a Mockingbird?It...

The supposed rape victim in Harper Lee's To Kill
a Mockingbird
, Mayella Ewell is poorly educated and practically illiterate,
like her father and siblings. When Atticus asks her how long she had attended school,
Mayella tells him "two year--three year--dunno." Many of Lee's characters use Southern,
colloquial speech--even the well-educated Atticus--but the Ewells' speech patterns are
more sub-standard than the others'. When Atticus asks Mayella if her father is "good to
you, is he easy to get along with," she responds, "He does tollable." What Mayella
really means is that "he is tolerable." The author substitutes "does tollable" to simply
illustrate Mayella's poor upbringing and lack of schooling, creating a bit of sympathy
for the woman who falsely accused Tom Robinson of rape.

Friday, May 15, 2015

Does Margaret Talbot from The New Yorker believe that naming a single valedictorian is right or wrong?Margaret Talbot writes about the cultural...

Margaret Talbot's article "Best in Class" begins with her
speaking about Daniel Kennedy (a principal in Sarasota, Florida) and a time when he
"still thought valedictorians were a good thing." Tablot goes on to illustrate the highs
and lows of the "gruelling trajectory" of becoming a
valedictorian.


While Talbot offers many different stories,
from different ares of the nation, she does not seem to offer a view of her own. What it
seems that she is doing, instead, is allowing people to see the problems which arise
from the race to the top.


True to journalistic nature,
Talbot stays objective in her offering of different view regarding single, multiple, or
no valedictorian at the high school level throughout the
article.


At the end of her article, Talbot offers her
opinion on both sides:


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In some ways, it seems that the valedictorian is
a status designed for a simpler time, when fewer people aspired to
college.



and


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Still, perhaps something is lost if schools
eliminate
valedictorians.



Basically, in
the end, Talbot simply does not have the best answer. Similarly, neither does the
country.



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Thursday, May 14, 2015

In Homer's Odyssey are there any real differences between the message of the 1st Council and the 2nd Council, which Hermes delivers?

In the first book of Homer's Odyssey,
Zeus addresses the gods about the Aegisthus' murder of Agamemnon and the revenge that
Agamemnon's son Orestes would take upon Aegisthus. Athene expresses her concern about
Odysseus and Zeus assures her that he will help Odysseus leave Calypso's island. Athene
suggests that the send Hermes down to break the news to Calypso. Because Hermes is the
messenger of the gods, it is appropriate that he deliver the
message.


Although this 1st Council occurs in
Odyssey 1, the audience has to wait until Odyssey
5 to hear the results of this council carried out. Because some 1500 lines
have passed since the 1st Council, Book 5 opens with a return to the council of the
gods.


In Odyssey 5, Homer omits the
business about Agamemnon, Aegisthus, and Orestes.


In
Odyssey 5, Athene does not go into as much detail about Calypso,
her ancestry, or her island home.


Also, in
Odyssey 5, Zeus does not give background on Odysseus' blinding of
the Cyclops and Poseidon's anger at Odysseus because of
this.


Another difference in the details is that in
Odyssey 5, Zeus immediately summons Hermes to deliver the message
of Calypso, whereas in the earlier book Athene suggested that they send
Hermes.


Additionally, in the 2nd Council, Zeus also reminds
Athene that she was the one who arranged for Odysseus to arrive home late and destroy
the suitors:


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Was this not of your own devising, that Odysseus
might return and take vengeance on them all? (Odyssey 5; A.S. Kline
translation)



Although there
are differences in the details between the first and second divine councils, the basic
message is the same: Zeus has not forgotten about Odysseus and he, at the urging of
Athene, will arrange for his release from Calypso's island by sending Hermes down to
deliver the message.

Wednesday, May 13, 2015

How does parental stress impact the quality of interactions children have with their parents?

Unfortunately, I can answer this from experience. My
children were 4 and 6 at the time of my divorce. Prior to my divorce, the stress both I
and their father were feeling was quite overwhelming.


Given
that both their father and I seldom had "good" converstaions, my children could (even at
a this young of an age) could feel the tension of our household. They both seemed to shy
away when their father and I were in the same room.


After
our divorce, my children changed dramatically. The loving relationship that I had once
known, prior to the fighting, returned.


As a teacher, I
also see the impact of family stress on my students. Grades will drop, friendships will
break up, and the interactions between the child and parent
dwindle.


These students feel as though they have enough
problems of their own simply dealing with growing up. Any stresses added because of
parental stress simply seems to much for them to bear.


As
for any research on the subject, check out the links below.

Tuesday, May 12, 2015

Suppose you are a doctor who has discovered a cure for a fatal disease. What method would you use to communicate your discovery to the world? Why?

In light of the advancements in communications, based on
research done by Albert Einstein and his work with quantum mechanics, lasers and fiber
optics have revolutionized the way the world communicates across town or across the
world. In light of how easy it is to communicate, it would seem
that the quickest way to share information would be on the Internet. However, there is a
certain association with information collected from the Internet for
anyone can post anything they want, true or
not. The Internet, for this reason, does not have the credibility that other forms of
communication have. It used to be that the evening news was thought to be a credible
source of information, but we have learned over the last ten years or more that news
reporters answer to networks that are more interested in ratings than in hard
news.


This brings one to an impasse: who can we trust? If
it were my call, I would arrange to have the news printed in a trusted medical journal,
have a press conference, and make the findings available to the news media and the
Internet. By creating a base for releasing the information, there is
some control regarding how the information is handled once it is
released.

Do you think that "The Most Dangerous Game" could be viewed as an example of the fantasy genre?

I definitely think there are elements of fantasy in this
excellent short story, but overall, I think this story cannot be called an example of
the fantasy genre, because of its ostensible lack of paraphernalia that we normally
associate with fantasy texts.


Let us consider the elements
which are rather fantastical in this short story. First of all, let us note the way that
the exact time and the exact location are both unspecified. We are presented with a
world unhinged from reality in this sense. Secondly, consider the fantastical
description of Ship-Trap Island with its "giant rocks with razor edges... like sea
monsters with wide-open jaws." Thirdly, consider the way that the island is extremely
isolated and operates away from reality and laws of normal civlisation. In this domain,
General Zaroff is like a despotic ruler from some fantasy story, where his dreams can
become reality.


However, let us also note the complete
absence of any of the ingredients that are normally included in fantasy stories. There
are no swords and sorcery, no magicians or little people with big feet and no mysterious
dark forces that are supernaturally evil. Zaroff is presented as a man who is losing his
grip on reality through his moral code rather than a force of pure evil, and the reality
of the struggle between him and Rainsford is stressed
throughout.

Monday, May 11, 2015

How does inventory control help management to coordinate and plan business activities?with examples

I am the manager at 1800 Radiator & A/C franchise
facility of Salinas, Ca, it is very important that I know what we have on hand at all
times. I know what merchandise is required the most and least by customers, knowing that
is how I work my activities. My warehouse manager and I communicate on a daily basis
when we are runing low on inventory of a certain product. If this item is a hot item and
we do not have enough inventory stock of it, it will not only pottentialy lose us a
customer but also place our customer on hold for a
day.


Knowing how your personal inventory works and the
potential and difficulties or loses it may bring is very important. Every business works
differently but they key is to know your products and customers.

Sunday, May 10, 2015

In "Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket," how does Tom's life change as a result of his ordeal on the ledge?

In this story, the ordeal on the ledge (and what happens
after Tom gets to safety) changes Tom's life by making him realize what is truly
important.


At the beginning of the story, Tom thinks that
work is the most important thing in the world.  He is willing to essentially ignore his
wife so he can get work done.  But his ordeal on the ledge changes that.  He realizes
that his work really doesn't matter.  What really matters is the people in our lives and
our relationships with them.


By coming close to death, Tom
realizes what is truly important in life.

Prove sinx/secx+tanx-1 + cosx/cosec x+cotx-1 = 1

If the given expression is sinx/(sec x+tan x-1) +
cosx/(cosec x+cot x-1)=1, we'll do the following steps:


sin
x/(1/cos x+  sin x/cos x - 1) + cos x/(1/sin x + cos x/sin x - 1) =
1


We've replaced sec x=1/cos x; tan x = sin x/cos x ; cosec
x = 1/sin x and cot x = cos x/sin x


sin x/(1/cos x+  sin
x/cos x - 1) + cos x/(1/sin x + cos x/sin x - 1) = 1


sin
x*cos x/(1+sin x- cos x) + sin x*cos x/(1 + cos x - sin x) =
1


We'll multiply the 1st fraction by (1 + cos x - sin x)
and the 2nd fraction by (1+sin x- cos x):


sin x*cos x(1 +
cos x - sin x + 1+sin x- cos x)/(1 + cos x - sin x)*(1+sin x- cos x) =
1


We'll eliminate like terms within brackets and we'll
multiply the right side by (1 + cos x - sin x)*(1+sin x- cos
x):


2 sin x*cos x = (1 + cos x - sin x)*(1+sin x- cos
x)


We'll remove the
brackets:


2 sin x*cos x = 1+sin x- cos x + cos x + sin
x*cos x - (cosx)^2 - sin x - (sin x)^2 + sin x*cos x


But
(sin x)^2 + (cosx)^2 = 1


2 sin x*cos x = 1 - 1 + 2sin x*cos
x


2 sin x*cos x =  2sin x*cos
x


Since both sides are equal, then the given
expression represents an identity.

Saturday, May 9, 2015

How does the form of a poem help to bring out its meaning?

Poetic form is the rules by which a poem is written when
the poet's desire is to present the text following a specified meter, rhyme, rhythm, or
use a specific poetic device.


Poets can follow rules
specific to heroic couplets, Petrarchan Sonnets, or Italian sonnets (just to name a
few). The rules of the poem's form bring out specific meaning for the text, the way a
poem is meant to be read (as in Shakespearean poetry--Shakespeare wrote the way that he
did so that it would mimic human language), or the imagery it was meant to
depict.


For example, a shape poem uses the shape of the
object it depicts and the words form to the shape of the object depicted. A poem about
an apple would look like an apple from far away and the words of the poem form the
picture of the apple. The meaning of the poem would relate to an apple and the form
would provide the imagery.


Therefore, the form of a poem
can help to bring out the meaning in a poem if it follows a traditional known form which
readers are familiar with so that they know how to read the poem and what to look
for.


Novel poetry readers will find it difficult to make
out how the form of a poem adds to the meaning given they do not have enough knowledge
about the reasoning behind the use of any specific poetic form.

Friday, May 8, 2015

Explain the meaning of Sarah Teasdale's poem "Stars."

This is a poem that presents us with the speaker looking
at the stars at night only to be struck with complete awe at their beauty and majesty.
Focus on the way in which the stars are described. The speaker uses metaphors to compare
them to precious stones, obviously emphasising both the way they emit light and also
their unestimable value, describing them as "White and topaz, / And misty red." The poem
then continues to imbue these stars with life as they are described as "Myriads with
beating / Hearts of fire" and are said to be so old and ancient that even aeons are
unable to "Vex or tire" them. As the speaker watches their "stately and still" progess
up the dome of heaven, her response is one of complete awe as she is forced to
contemplate the beauty of the stars and also is forced to evaluate her own smallness in
the light of their majesty:


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And I know that I
Am honored to
be
Witness 
Of so much
majesty.



Notice the way in
which the word "Witness" is given a line to itself, clearly indicating that it is
important. This poem, like so many other poems by Sarah Teasdale, shows the beauty of
nature in our world if we have eyes to see it. The implication of this poem is that we
are all able to be a "Witness" of such staggering sights, if we change the way that we
look at nature and can therefore open ourselves to see its
majesty.

If a person with Down syndrome marries a person without Down syndrome , is it possible for their child not to have Down syndrome? Please explain.

Down syndrome is usually caused by trisomy 21, or having
three of chromosome number 21 instead of the usual two copies. In most cases this occurs
because of nondisjunction in the egg cell, so that it carries two copies of chromosome
21. There are, however, a small number (1-4%) of Down syndrome individuals who have what
is known as href="http://www.mosaicdownsyndrome.com/faqs.htm">mosaicism,
where the egg and sperm are both normal, and the nondisjunction occurs during the
development of the embryo. Individuals with mosaic Down syndrome have a mixture of
trisomy and normal cells, and often have less severe Down
symptoms.


Generally Down syndrome individuals are
infertile, and they also frequently suffer from heart abnormalities, so a Down woman
would be at high risk during a pregnancy. However there have been some (around 30 are
known) who have successfully carried to term; according to the literature, about a third
of the babies have been normal.


Trisomy cells undergoing
meiosis could result in some normal gametes, since the three chromosomes cannot be split
up evenly. Additionally, a Down syndrome individual who has the mosaic condition could
have sufficient normal cells in the reproductive tract to produce normal egg or sperm
cells.

Thursday, May 7, 2015

In King Lear, why does Shakespeare include Lear's unfairness to Cordelia right in the opening scene?

It is always a good idea with questions like these to
consider what would be lost if the play started at Act I scene 2. Think of how crucial
the test of love is that Lear gives to his daughters at the beginning of the play, and
the way that it sets the scene for what is to come. The love test of course invites only
flattery rather than sincerity, and the response that Goneril and Regan give Lear
certainly help to introduce one of the key themes, which is appearance vs. reality,
because Cordelia is confused about how to flatter her father, placing her firmly in the
camp of reality compared to the appearance of her sisters' devotion. She decides to
"Love, and be silent," and thus gives the response "Nothing, my lord." Lear's inability
to discern between appearance and reality is what causes him to treat his favoured
daughter so harshly. Yet it is crucial for this very bleak play that we remember the
catalyst for this tragedy is the real love of Cordelia and Lear's ironic blindness to
the depths of her emotion.


While the opening scene of this
play makes uncomfortable watching, it is therefore very important in setting the bleak
and unyielding tone of this play, and is key in the way it introduces several themes
that dominate the play throughout.

What were the flaws in the plans and execution of the D-Day invasion?

Understand, first of all, that this was a massive
undertaking, the largest seaborne invasion in the history of man.  There were bound to
be problems and flaws, and as has been famously said, no battle plan survives the first
day of war.  Operation Overlord was no different.


There
were some glaring mistakes in both the plan and the landings.  Allied intelligence
greatly overestimated the success of pre-landing bombings and offshore bombardment on
German defenses.  Other than disrupting rail traffic and inhibiting reinforcements, it
had virtually no effect at all, and the landings met with fierce resistance and high
casualties.  This was a lesson we should have learned from our Pacific experience by
this time.


Allied intelligence also underestimated the
amount of anti-aircraft fire that would greet the airborne soldiers landing the night
before D-Day.  This forced the planes containing the paratroops to fly lower and faster
than was ideal for a jump.  This led to a slew of missed drop zones that scattered the
101st and 82nd Airborne divisions all over Normandy.  They carried out their missions
regardless, but with unnecessarily high casualties.


The
plan also relied on simple blunt force: land as many troops as possible in as short a
period as possible.  Smaller, specialized commando units that could perhaps more easily
have penetrated the Atlantic Wall could then have secured beachhead access for a larger
landing later (and there were some of these raids, just not enough in my opinion to
avoid the oncoming slaughter).  Instead, thousands of British, American and Canadian
forces died that day.

Wednesday, May 6, 2015

How is nurture critical to the human animal?I have to study about the human animal and have to talk about the role of nurture being critical, can...

In many ways, nurture is what makes us who we are as human
beings.  Of course, there are aspects to us that come about because of our nature.  We
can be tall or short, we can have skin and eyes of different colors.  There are other
attributes of ours that are more ambiguous and may be affected by either nature or by
nurture.  These are things like our personalities, our temperaments and our
intelligence.


But there are also things that are clearly
affected by our nurture.  Think of the ways that who you are has been affected by the
way you have grown up.  For example, your moral beliefs are likely to have been strongly
affected by what your parents believe.  You may belong to a particular church and have
particular religious beliefs in part because that is what you have been taught as you
have grown up.  As another example, people who grow up in America are taught certain
idea about the value of human life and about the importance of the individual that are
different from what people in some other societies are taught as they grow
up.


Clearly, both our heredity and our nuruture help to
make us who we are.  However, those parts of us that are most human (such as what we
think and what we believe) seem to be affected to a great extent by our
nurture.

Line segment AM is congruent to line segment MB, but M is not the midpoint of line segment AB. How would this be drawn?

Two line segments are congruent if they have the same length. They
need not form any particular angle or be perpendicular or parallel. Instead of directly
saying that two line segments have the same length, the term congruent is used in
geometry when defining two line segments that have the same
length.

Here, line segment AM is congruent to line segment MB. AB is
the line segment that you want to draw but it is given that M is not the mid point of
AB; this means that M does not lie on AB as it would then be the mid point of
AB.

From the information provided it is not possible for you to draw a
unique line AB. There can be an infinite number of ways in which AB can be
drawn.

Was the political system of the Mongolian Empire parlamentary and, if so, how did it become parlamentary?

The governmental structure of the Mongolian Empire under
Genghis was indeed parliamentary, though non-democratic in that the member chiefs were
appointed based on extreme loyalty or bravery.  It was called the Kurultai
and consisted of the various Mongol chiefs who met with the Kahn to
discuss common issues, both foreign and domestic.   There were sort of "national"
Kurulati, which elected the "Great Kahn," and regional Kurultai, which elected regional
leaders.  The amount of autonomy these bodies possessed is debatable and dependent upon
the situation the Khans found themselves in.


Unlike a
modern parliament, the Kurultai also functioned as a war council in which goals and
strategies would be discussed.  Thus, its main job was to select new leaders and
strategize.  Less time was spent in lawmaking than in a modern
parliament.


The early mongols were very clannish and lived
over expanses of land.  They squabbled and fought in the same way the nobility of Europe
did.  The parliamentary system that developed was a way for these tribes to maintain
some unity of thought and action.  The power of such a body fluctuates greatly depending
on the attitudes of those in it and the strength of the individual clans.  When united,
such as during the later time of Genghis, it could function fairly well.  Under the rule
of weaker leaders it could lead to fragmentation.

Tuesday, May 5, 2015

Give examples from Guns, Germs, and Steel that support Diamond's argument as to why some civilizations are much more advanced than others.

There are many examples from the book that are meant to
prove Diamond's point.  Let me briefly discuss two of
them.


First, there is the example of the Polynesia
societies that is discussed in Chapter 2.  In that chapter, Diamond establishes that
some Polynesian cultures were more advanced than others.  He also shows that the more
advanced societies were those that were on islands that could support more agriculture. 
This proves that environmental conditions lead to agriculture (or lack thereof) which
determines which societies become advanced.


Second, there
is the example of the Aboriginal Australians, discussed in Chapter 15.  There, Diamond
notes that the Aborigines were one of the most primitive societies in the world.  He
goes on to prove that this was due to their isolation and the lack of resources that
were native to their homeland.  This, too, works to defend Diamond's overall
thesis.

How have people's changing perceptions of geographic features led to changes in human society?

One way to look at this is through the lens of people's
attitudes towards environmentalism.  Attitudes towards environmentalism (which is a part
of human society) have changed as people's perceptions of geographic features have
changed.


In "primitive" cultures, geographic features
tended to be seen as facts of life or even as sacred.  A mountain or a forest or a river
was there and there was nothing that could be done about it.  You might see it as a
manifestation of a god or a spirit, but you would, at the very least, just think of it
as something that you had no control over.  In these times, people believed in a sort of
primitive environmentalism.


As society progressed, people
came to look at geographical features as challenges or opportunities.  They came to
think that the environment was something to be exploited.  If a hill was in a "bad"
place, you could dig a tunnel through it or even simply knock it down.  If a river was
not behaving "properly," you could dam it.  This changed human society to a society in
which the environment was seen merely as something that existed for human convenience. 
This led to a great deal of exploitation of the
envrionment.


In recent times, some cultures have been
moving back the other way towards having more respect for geographical
features.


So, the way we look at the environment
(environmentalism or opposition to it) has changed over the years.  This has changed our
society and the way that we relate to nature.

Monday, May 4, 2015

Someone once said that Puritans did not leave Europe because they persecuted everyone there. How do you suppose Miller would respond to that...

I would suggest that the stage directions that help to
open Act I, Scene I could prove to be very helpful.  When Miller diagnoses the
historical condition of the Puritans and why the witch hunts seemed to be intrinsic to
their culture, I think that there is much with which to use as reference to the
comment.  Miller seems to believe that part of the reason why the Puritan community
served as home to the witch trials was because their own ancestors were marginalized and
persecuted.  Miller argues that the reason for them leaving England was to escape
persecution.  Interestingly enough, Miller argues that this cycle of abuse ended up
feeding their desire to leave, land in America, and start persecuting others such as the
Native Americans or others who were "different."  It is here where the "predilection for
minding other people's business" and the notion of the "candle that would light the
world" ended up becoming tools that they used to oppress others and control that which
lay outside of their socially accepted norms.  It is here where Miller makes one of his
strongest arguments that the victims of persecution and cruelty can often become the
very agents of repression and brutality down the dialectal path.  It is here where I
think that Miller, with the use of his stage directions to open the play, would disagree
with the statement.

In what way is the influence of the Renaissance still evident today?

The influence of the Renaissance remains extremely evident
today in our devotion to science and to humanism.  Our move away from a society that is
centered mostly around religion is a major legacy of the
Renaissance.


Today, very few people believe in religion as
the ultimate arbiter of scientific truth (with the possible exception of the issue of
evolution).  Instead, they look to scientific evidence as the way to prove what is true
and what is not.  In addition, in the West today, we are dedicated to the idea that
individual people are the most important part of the world.  This is another idea that
comes to us from Renaissance times.


Science and
individuality are major pillars of our world today.  Both are ways in which the
Renaissance continues to influence us today.

In The Crucible is Danforth really a bad judge? Does he have reasons for being narrow-minded?

Danforth, although seemingly intelligent, thorough,
well-read and an experienced lawyer and judge, suffers from pride, and it is that pride
that leads to many of his erroneous and illogical judgments in The
Crucible
.  He is kind-of logical in his reasoning for accusing so many of
witchcraft at the behest of a group of hysterical girls. He
states,


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"Witchcraft is an invisible crime...who may
possibly be witness to it?  the witch and the victim...now we cannot hope the witch will
accuse herself...therefore, we must rely on her victims [to
testify]."



This is a very
logical way to justify the illogical acceptance of the girls' afflictions as "proof" of
witchcraft.  In his way, Danforth is careful and thorough.  He concocts the "bring
Elizabeth in to confirm adultery" scheme, which on the surface, could be a good plan. 
However, he fails to realize or accept that it is, as Hale puts it, "a natural lie to
tell" to protect one's husband.


So, even though he is
occasionally "logical," overall, it is his pride that rules the courts.  If you can put
yourself in his position, and, having signed nearly 100 death warrants, if someone were
to come along (like John Proctor) and prove his judgments wrong, that would ruin his
reputation. He would, essentially, have wrongly murdered those that hanged, and never be
able to work or show his face again.  He protects his judgments and his court with a
prideful fervor, that, unfortunately, despite his occasional logic and careful nature,
makes him a dangerous man.  I hope those thoughts helped; good
luck!

In the Evolution where does the Monkey come from?God is not my answer.God is not my answer because I'm not suppose to say that because of my...

Monkeys are part of the Order of Primates, a group of
mammals that include prosimians (like lemurs), and anthropoids (like monkeys, apes and
humans).   Primate-like mammals (proto-primates) probably begin to emerge in the
Paleocene Epoch in the Tertiary Period (after 65 million years ago.   This is the
beginning of the Cenozoic Era(Age of Mammals and Birds), but there may have been some
primate-like animals in the Late Cretaceous (prior to 65 million years ago, the
Cretaceous is the last period of Mesozoic, the age of Dinosaurs it is when you get the
Raptors and the T-Rex).


The first proto-primatesmwere small
and probably closely resembled the modern tree shrew.  True primates (Prosimians) seem
to have emerged in the Eocene Epoch circa 55 million years ago.  Modern Prosimians
include Lemurs, Tarsiers and Lorises. Most of the living prosimians can be found on
Madagascar and they are nocturnal (active at night) unlike Monkeys which tend to be
diurnal (active during the day).


The ancestors of modern
Monkeys split off from Prosimians forming the suborder anthropoidea.  This occurred in
the Late Eeocene or Early Oligocene (circa 40 million years ago) but the record is
sketchy.  These are not the monkeys we see today but ancesteral forms.  New World
Monkeys  (Platyrrhine) split off from Old World Monkeys (Catarrhine) , around 30 million
years ago.  All of the Monkeys from this period are
extinct.


Monkeys are thus a branch of the same suborder of
Primates as humans and apes.  Apes split off from Monkeys during the Miocene some 21
million years ago. The hominids (ancestors of humans) split  off from apes between 5-8
million years ago during the late Miocene/Early
Pliocene)


Prosimians and Monkeys declined during the
Miocene and there was an explosion of apes.  Monkeys later made a recovery and became
ultimately more successful than apes, radiating into many
forms.


Monkeys did not stay still, but continued to evolve
down to the modern age. So the modern monkeys should be regarded as PRIMATE COUSINS to
apes and humans and not ANCESTORS.

Sunday, May 3, 2015

In "Rip Van Winkle," how do you think Dame Van Winkle felt after Rip's disapperance?

I think, from the information that we are given about Rip
in this excellent short story, that his wife would have been delighted to have finally
gotten rid of him. Let us remember that although the rest of the villagers blame Rip Van
Winkle's wife for their marital strife, it is clear that Rip would have been a terrible
husband to have been married to. Note the conclusion that the narrator gives us about
Rip's character and the way that his limitations are commented
upon:



...in a
word, Rip was ready to attend to anybody’s business but his own; but as to doing family
duty, and keeping his farm in order, it was
impossible.



A rather
depressing description follows of the way that he neglects his own family, children and
work, and the poverty that his wife and children suffer as a result. Certainly, he seems
to be the kind of character that his wife would have been better off without rather than
constantly having to cope with his complete lack of interest and diligence when it came
to his own family. I would think that she would have felt thoroughly
emancipated.

What quotes are important in the first chapter of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice, and how do you analyize them?

One important passage in the first chapter of Pride and
Prejudice is the opening line: "It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single
man in possession of a good fortune must be in want of a wife." This opening line is a
perfect example Austen's wit and sets the generally whimsical, gay tone of the novel.
This statement is witty due to the ironic fact that it is not necessarily rich
men who are wanting wives, rather it is
women who are wanting rich men as husbands.

Another important passage is Mr. Bennet's response to Mrs. Bennet's
request that he introduce himself and his daughters to Mr.
Bingley:



I
see no occasion for that. You and the girls may go, or you may send them by themselves,
which perhaps will be still better; for, as you are as handsome as any of them, Mr.
Bingley might like you the best of the
party.



His response is very
amusing and also very enlightening. The lines tell us a great deal about his witty,
sarcastic character, and how he condescends to his wife. The suggestion is of course
ironic because it was very improper for women to introduce themselves to men. Besides
being ironic, this passage actually foreshadows a great deal. Mr. Bennet, his wife, and
his family, especially the youngest daughters, are about to be accused of lacking
discipline and acting with impropriety. More importantly, Mr. Bennet will be blamed for
his family's behavior.

How was the dream defered for Ruth?No

Throughout the play, we see the characters in "A Raisin in
the Sun" postponement of dreams.  Ruth, Walter Lee's wife, finds herself conflicted as
she determines how to handle an unexpected pregnancy while continually worrying about
her family's day-to-day budget.  In Act I, her son Travis asks for 50 cents, but knowing
the family cannot spare the change, she must deny him the
money.


For a moment, the family believes that Mama's
insurance check will solve the family's financial worries.  Mama invests in the family
by buying a new house in a white neighborhood.  For a few moments that family has hope. 
Ruth sees that her family be financially secure and be able to move out of the South
Side. We see Ruth and Walter go to the movies, and Ruth buys curtains for the new
house.  However, their happiness is short lived when Walter Lee loses the money in a bad
investment.  Ruth, and the family's, dream must be put on hold.  While the family will
still move into the neighborhood, they will have to continue to work, to struggle, and
to fight to stay solvent and together.

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One of the stereotypes that is both upheld and challenged is the role of the damsel in distress. Sue is supposed to be the delic...