Would yeast be alive or if you add it to a bottle of ginger ale?

When you buy commercial yeast, it is in a dried form and
the cells are in a sort of hibernation. When the dry yeast is exposed to water, the
cells become re-hydrated and they resume their normal life processes, including
respiration, fermentation, and reproduction.

Ginger ale is
mostly water, so yeast added to it would be able to hydrate successfully and "wake up".
Like all sodas, ginger ale does have carbon dioxide dissolved in it, but yeast are able
to tolerate fairly high CO2 levels without harm. The limiting factor here is food. If
you use regular ginger ale, which has sugar in it, the yeast will be able to use the
sugar for energy and will live and reproduce. If you use diet ginger ale, which contains
chemical sweeteners instead of sugar, the yeast will not have a food supply and will die
off quickly.

Why did spinsters and bachelors in Europe rush to get married during the second world war

In the face of any conflict throughout history, those
preparing to go to war tend to do certain things to "tie up loose ends" in the peaceful
lives they are leaving behind. For many men preparing to become fighters involved in a
war, one of those activities may involve getting married to the girlfriend he will be
leaving behind.

This statement of commitment carries many
levels of meaning and importance. It is an indication of the feelings the husband and
wife have for each other and a promise that those feelings will continue regardless of
the war's impact. It is an expression of hope that the husband will return from the
fighting to continue life with his wife after the war. If the couple did not engage in
premarital intercourse, the marriage before the husband departed allowed them some short
period of time in which they could enjoy this benefit of
marriage.

Becoming a wife instead of a girlfriend also gave
the woman a different status. If the man was killed, the wife was entitled to different
benefits as surviving spouse than would be available to a girlfriend. Wives were more
likely to be allowed to visit injured husbands in hospitals than were girlfriends. The
mutual support women gave each other on the home front was more organized and had
greater depth for wives than for girlfriends.

"The League of Nations was based on sound ideas." How far do you agree with this statement?

I agree with this statement to a great extent.  I would
argue that the League was based on a very good underlying idea, but that some of the
ways the League tried to pursue this were not sound.

The
League was based on the idea that countries can be more peaceful if given a venue in
which to meet and talk.  It was based on the idea that peace can be achieved through
lots of diplomatic interactions between countries.  This is an idea that is still very
much believed by many scholars of international relations.  It is a major basis for the
United Nations.

However, the League tried to rely heavily
on the idea of collective security.  It relied on the idea that the countries of the
world would collectively get up and defend (just because it was the right thing to do)
other nations that were being attacked.  This was certainly not a sound
idea.

In " Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God", who does Johnathan Edwards say God is angry with?

In Jonathon Edwards' sermon, "Sinners in the Hands of an
Angry God", Edwards is basically saying that God is angry with all of
mankind.

Based upon the Biblical quote from which his
sermon was based upon, "their foot shall slide in due time" (Deuteronomy 32:35), Edwards
was saying that no man was free from God's wrath. The sermon was meant to show his
congregation that God is wrathful. The imagery shown in the sermon basically describes a
horrifying picture of God ready to pull his hand out from under mankind and thus allow
them to fall into the pits of Hell where the Devil is
waiting.

Edwards left no man or woman out. His sermon was
poignant in stating that God was angry with all. The imagery Edwards used in the poem
was meant to elicit fear in the entire congregation.

Typically, this text is paired with Miller's play "The
Crucible". The pairing allows readers to see how the hysteria broke out give the fear of
God embraced by the Puritans.

Explain how in Waiting for Godot, Beckett is speaking not of a place, but of a cosmic state, a world condition all humanity is involved in.

The setting of `Waiting for Godot`. as specified by Samuel
Beckett, is not a specific local, but rather a generic place (or no place). The only
object on the stage is an abstract sculptural tree which serves as the only landmark in
an otherwise featureless space. The tree itself is more symbolic than actual -- it is
not an individual species but an instantiation of treeness. In context, it recalls the
tree in the Garden of Eden, but in a post-lapsarian world, the tree no lobger has
additional knowledge to offer, and merely serves as a reminder of man`s fallenness and
distance from God. Nonetheless, as God once did speak directly to Adam at the tree,
fallen humans linger by the tree to wait for God`s promised reappearance. The place and
the waiting aqre not located in some actual spatio-temporal moment -- the only time
signifiers in the play are days, but nothing distinguishes one day from another, and
their are no landmarks of place, other than the tree.

Describe steps involved in the process of in vitro fertilization. Discuss two moral or ethical concerns about in vitro fertilization.

It may also be helpful to understand the process of
natural conception. Think about your IVF cycle as natural conception process aided by
our fertility specialists. Human conception is a relatively simple and yet amazingly
complex process.

The process begins on the first day of
your menstrual cycle. We also call this day Cycle Day 1. During the next 12 to 14 days
occurs what fertility specialists call follicular phase, the event that results in the
ovulation of a mature egg. It’s called "follicular phase," because the eggs develop in a
fluid-filled sacs called the follicles. On Cycle Day 1, your body starts developing
follicles. Many eggs begin to develop during each monthly cycle. Naturally, however,
usually just one of the eggs will reach maturity while the rest undergo a process known
as atresia, or degeneration, and are lost forever. When that one egg is mature, it is
released from the ovary. With IVF medications, fertility doctors help your body to
develop more than one egg during the first 10 days of the cycle. The egg will be capable
of being fertilized for only the next 12 to 24 hours. If not fertilized within that
time, it is simply reabsorbed by the body.

On
day 14 of the typical 28-day cycle, woman’s egg is mature and ovulation occurs. As the
egg begins it descend through the fallopian tubes, it meets with sperm and gets
fertilized. Ovulation triggers many other changes in the body. The cervical mucus
becomes penetrable, and the lining of the uterus is getting ready to accept an
implantation. In contract to the natural process, our IVF doctors will retrieve the
mature eggs on Cycle Day 12. Normally IVF medications are taken for 10 days. However, if
patient’s ovaries don’t respond well, you may be instructed to take medication up to
five days longer.

Typically, IVF clinics perform egg
retrieval on Cycle Day 12. The very same day, the eggs are fertilized with sperm either
by conventional insemination or by Intracytoplasmic Sperm Injection (ICSI). The eggs
will be checked the following day to document fertilization and again the next day to
evaluate for early cell division. Until recently, embryos were cultured for three days
and then transferred to the uterus and/or cryogenically frozen for later use. As
mentioned in the previous comment, IVF clinics now have the ability to grow the embryos
for five or six days until they reach the blastocyst stage. Blastocysts are believed to
have a greater chance of implantation. This, in turn, allows our IVF doctors to transfer
fewer embryos and lower the risk of multiple births while increasing the chance of
pregnancy.  Recently, however, I have been hearing about the trend of transferring
embryos three days after fertilization.

The final step in
the IVF cycle is the embryo transfer. As it is the case with the natural fertilization,
not all embryos will grow in the laboratory dish. The embryo(s) that continue to divide
and grow is transferred into recipient’s uterus about the time it would arrive there in
a natural conception. Unused embryos can be cryopreserved for later
use.

You are a cotton planter in South Carolina. Compose a letter to your friend in New York City explaining why your state just seceded from the Union.

While we cannot, of course, write a letter for you, we can
give you some ideas of what to say.  To write this letter, you should emphasize the
following:

• That slavery is an issue that should
  be left to the states.  You should say that the national government has no business
  trying to interfere with the affairs (like slavery) of any
  state.


• That slavery is no worse than the "wage slavery"
  that occurs in the North.  You should point out that slaveowners take care of sick
  slaves and old slaves.  Factory owners in the North do not do any such things and their
  workers live as badly as slaves.


• That your state is left
  with no choice because of Lincoln's election.  You should point out that Lincoln wants
  to end slavery (even though he says he won't) and that he has no reason to care about
  the South since he hates slavery and since no one in the South voted for
  him.

Therefore, to preserve your state's rights
against people who hate your system without good reason, you need to
secede.

Is Swift suggesting in a sub-conscious way some form of eugenics in A Modest Proposal?

It is difficulty to make credible claims of subconscious
influences on authors. The lack of evidence which could be adduced to prove or disprove
such claims is the reason that sort of psychological analytic criticism of authors fell
out of favour after a very brief vogue in the fifties and sixties. Most responsible
psychologists argue that one can only understand the psychology of a patient after a
protracted period of intense analysis -- simply reading one work by someone who died
several centuries ago is not sufficient grounds for psychological
claims.

The notion of eugenics, improving the human race by
selective breeding, and perhaps selective extermination or sterilization of groups or
individuals considered inferior, was conceived in the late nineteenth century as a
corollary to Darwinian theories of genetics over a century after Swift's death, and thus
to read it into his work would be anachronistic.

Swift was
himself Irish, and wrote "A Modest Proposal" as a satire, using the technique of
reductio ad absurdum to condemn the English responses to Irish poverty. There is
sufficient evidence from his biography and other works to conclude that the point of
tyhe essay was to make people think realistically about how to alleviate Irish suffering
by repealing many of the more repressive anti-Catholic measures.

Can you please explain the theme of the poem "Crutches" by Bertolt Brecht?

The themes of the poem "Crutches" by Bertolt Brecht is one
of personal weakness (disbelief in self) and overcoming
them.

In the poem, the man believes himself to be
completely dependant on the crutches he uses to walk. While he can walk without them,
his mental dependency has become one of physical dependency (in his
mind).

Many times, it is simply ones mind which limits them
from being able to do something. Here, this is precisely what Brecht is explaining. The
breaking of the crutches by the physician shows the man that he can no longer be
dependant upon his mental crutch. Therefore, the loss of the crutch enables the man to
examine his disbelief in himself and, instead, force him to believe in his own
strength.

What are six character traits Jacob Jankowski has in Water for Elephants?

You might like to consider the following adjectives as
suitable traits for Jacob Jankowski. Do remember, however, that characters can change
during the course of the book, and the Jacob Jankowski that we see at the end of the
story is very different from the young, innocent man who first sets out on the train. I
would say that Jacob Jankowski is: innocent, compassionate, a man of integrity, brave,
hardworking and loving.

Note how innocent Jacob is when he
first starts working for the circus. He is entranced by the sexually charged performance
of the prostitute in the circus and is hopelessly inept with women. However, he is also
immensely compassionate, with both humans and animals. Note the way that he has to kill
Marlena's favourite horse and how it sickens him. He is also a morally upright
individual who does his best to stand up for what is right. This is shown in the way
that he is revolted by how the elephant is mistreated for no reason. His bravery is
shown in the way that he is willing to fight for Marlena and oppose her husband. His
hardworking, industrious nature is shown from the first day in the circus, and lastly,
his loving nature is illustrated through both his close relationship with Marlena but
also the animals that he looks after.

Is the main character of "The Chrysanthemums" round and dynamic?

Let us remember that a round character is the opposite of
a flat character, in that the character is presented in his or her full psychological
complexity, with a number of different characteristics. By contrast, a flat character is
not fully developed and only has one or two notable characteristics. A dynamic character
is the opposite of a static character, and is a character that changes during the course
of the tale.

If we examine the character of Elisa in this
brilliant story, it is evidently clear that she is a round character, as we are
presented with her character in all of its complexity. Note how the following speech by
Elisa reveals her curious longing and also her
loneliness:

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Elisa's voice grew husky. She broke in on him:
"I've never lived as you do, but I know what you mean. When the night is dark--why, the
stars are sharp-pointed, and there's quiet. Why, you rise up and up! Every pointed star
gets driven into your body. It's like that. Hot and sharp
and--lovely."

This definitely
reveals a complex character. However, when we consider if Elisa changes through the
course of the story, it becomes more complicated. It is clear that she is left in her
hopeless and lonely position at the end of the story, feeling trapped in her life and
married to a husband who, while good, fails to understand her. The visit of the tinker
only serves to highlight Elisa's own sense of loneliness and despair. Even the
connection she feels she has established with him is shown to be false, as the
chrysanthemums he has discarded shows. Elisa is therefore a static character, that does
not experience any massive changes in herself through the course of the
story.

When and why did American foods become supersized, according to Michael Pollan's book The Omnivore's Dilemma?

In The Omnivore’s Dilemma: A Natural History of
Four Meals, Michael Pollan explains when, how, and why he thinks
“supersizing” came into existence as part of the American
diet.

Pollan contends that in 1980, corn syrup first became
part of the recipe for Coca-Cola.  He asserts that by 1984, both Pepsi and Coke had
abandoned sugar for high-fructose corn syrup. The syrup was slightly cheaper than sugar,
and consumers seemed to have no objection to the switch.

It
was around this time, in the early 1980s, that the cola companies began to supersize the
drinks they offered, so that Americans began to consume a far greater amount of soft
drinks (and calories) than had been true before then:

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Since a soft drink’s main raw material – corn
sweetener – was now so cheap, why not get people to pay just a few pennies more for a
substantially bigger bottle? Drop the price per ounce, but sell a lot more ounces. (p.
105)

However, Pollan claims
that the true “credit” for super-sizing belongs to a man named David Wallerstein, who
had longed tried to promote sales of popcorn and soft drinks when he worked in and for
movie theaters.  He discovered that people were reluctant to buy second servings (lest
they appear gluttonous) but that they would buy “super-sizes” of
popcorn and soft drinks when they first entered the theater. Wallerstein eventually
began to work for the McDonald’s fast food chain (in the late 1960s), and, after meeting
some initial resistance there from the founder of the company, began to change the way
McDonald’s sold fast food.

It is thus to David Wallerstein,
working at McDonalds in the late 60s and thereafter, that we owe the dubious achievement
of super-sizing.

To what extent was Progressivism an expression of America’s old utopian tendencies reacting to the challenges of the industrial age?

Progressivism was most definitely an expression of the
utopian tendency in American attitudes.  It was the response of people with such utopian
ideas to the new challenges presented by the industrial
age.

Since the US was first created, many Americans have
felt that they could, with enough work, create a perfect society.  If they fell short,
they would at least be able to improve society in important ways and work toward
perfection.  During the industrial age, things seemed to be moving in the wrong
direction.  The country seemed to be getting taken over by rich industrialists on the
one hand and poor immigrants on the other.  At that point, people with utopian ideals
started a movement to take power away from (as they saw it) the greedy rich while, at
the same time, working to uplift the poor immigrants.  These reformers hoped to create a
utopia where all people shared the same communitarian and sober values that the
reformers themselves held.

It is therefore accurate to say
that the Progressive Era was an extensive reaction of utopians to the new problems of
the industrial age.

What is the solution for c given that cot(4c - pi/4) + tan(2c + pi/4) = 0

We have to find the value of c such that cot(4c - pi/4) +
tan(2c + pi/4) = 0

cot(4c - pi/4) + tan(2c + pi/4) =
0

=> cos(4c - pi/4)/sin(4c - pi/4) + sin(2c +
pi/4)/cos(2c + pi/4) = 0

=> cos(4c - pi/4)cos(2c +
pi/4) + sin(2c + pi/4)sin(4c - pi/4) = 0

=> cos(4c -
pi/4 - 2c - pi/4) = 0

=> cos(2c - pi/2) =
0

=> sin 2c = 0

2c = 0
+ n*2pi and 2c = pi + n*2pi

=> c = n*pi and c = pi/2
+ n*pi

The values of c that satisfy the
equation are n*pi and pi/2 + n*pi

Why is the movie Star Wars considered an epic?

I would say that Lucas' film can be considered an epic for
a variety of reasons.  The most pressing is that it represents the story of a heroic
quest.  The hero, Skywalker, must defeat an intensely powerful adversary, Darth Vader. 
This is a quest whereby the hero must enlist the help of other such as Han Solo as well
as others to assist him in his goal.  There is an elderly master from whom lessons must
be gained, in the form of Obi- Wan and Yoda, and understanding must be derived.  At the
same time, while there is an external quest in order to gain a sense of justice in the
world, the quest is also internal, as Skywalker must understand more about himself and
recognize that the balance through which the world must be restored is as much personal
and as it is external.  In this, another quality of the epic is met in that both
subjective and external journeys are facilitated.  At the same time, Lucas' film can be
seen as an epic because it presents these voyages on a scale that is meant to overwhelm
the viewer, as the "other dimension" of space and intergalactic warfare helps to enhance
the epic proportions of the work.

What is antiderivative of function f(x)=((sinx)raised to square+sinx)/(1+sinx+cosx)?calculate for limits x=0 and x=pi/2

First notice that

`
(1+cosx+sinx)^2=cos^2x+2cosxsinx+2cosx+sin^2x+2sinx+
1`

`=cos^2x+sin^2x+2cosxsinx+2cosx+2sinx+1=1+2cosxsinx+2cosx+2sinx+1
`

`=2(1+cosxsinx+sinx+cosx)=2(1+cosx)(1+sinx)
`

Now we multiply
`(sinx(sinx+1))/(1+sinx+cosx)*(1+sinx+cosx)/(1+sinx+cosx)`

We
get

`sinx(1+sinx)(1+sinx+cosx)/(1+sinx+cosx)^2`
=sinx(1+sinx)

`(1+sinx+cosx)/(2(1+cosx)(1+sinx))`

`=sinx(1+sinx+cosx)/(2(1+cosx))`

`=sinx(1+cosx)/(2(1+cosx))+sin^2x/(2(1+cosx))`

`=1/2sinx+(1-cos^2x)/(2(1+cosx))`

`=1/2sinx+((1+cosx)(1-cosx))/(2(1+cosx))`

`=1/2sinx+(1-cosx)/2`

`=1/2sinx+1/2-1/2cosx
`

The antiderivative of `1/2sinx+1/2-1/2cosx`
is

`-1/2cosx+1/2x-1/2sinx`
So our answer
is

`1/2x-1/2cosx-1/2sinx+C`

`int_0^(pi/2)
(sin^2x+sinx)/(1+cosx+sinx)dx`

`=1/2(pi/2)-1/2cospi/2-1/2sinpi/2
- (1/2(0) - 1/2cos0-1/2sin0)`

`=pi/4 - 1/2(0) - 1/2(1) - (0
- 1/2(1) - 1/2(0))`

`= pi/4 - 1/2 + 1/2 = pi/4` Which is
our answer

How do the actions of the Federal Reserve affect U.S. business decisions?

The actions of the Federal Reserve have a significant
impact on the overall health of the economy.  Because of this, US businesses will look
at the actions of the Federal Reserve and try to predict how those actions will affect
the decisions they need to make.

For example, if statements
from the Federal Reserve indicate that the Fed may raise interest rates in the near
future, businesses might act to borrow money in the short term so that they can benefit
from the lower rates.  Conversely, a pending increase in interest rates might convince
some businesses that the money supply will contract, leading to less consumer spending. 
This might cause them to put off expansion or hiring.  Either way, businesses have to be
aware of the impact that Fed actions can have on the economy and try to make decisions
accordingly.

Please help me with chaper eight in Huckleberry finn..... the question is What does chapter 8 suggest about civilization? Thanks

There is a suggestion in this chapter that "white" society
is superstitious. This parallels the superstitions that Jim espouses in a following
chapter. 

The townspeople send out bread stuffed with
quicksilver with the idea that the stuffed bread will go directly to the dead body and
stay there. 

They also shoot cannons to raise the body from
the water. Notably, Huck also contemplates prayer in this section and imagines the widow
at prayer. 

These ideas can all be related to superstition
as Huck sees it. 

Importantly, the town is also seen as
being compassionate. They collectively search for Huck and collectively mourn him,
demonstrating real concern for the lost boy.

How did Shaka Zulu gain power and control?He was a dangerous African leader.

The brutal and powerful leader of the Zulu Kingdom,
Shaka Zulu was born Shaka
kaSenzangakhona (1787-1828), the son of the chieftain Senzangakhona.
Shaka most likely was either disowned or exiled at some point and he became a follower
of another local chieftain, Dingiswayo of the Mthethwa, who were allied to the Zulu.
Shaka became a respected warrior under Dingiswayo. When Senzangakona died, Dingiswayo
helped Shaka assume leadership of the Mthethwa, and Shaka allied himself with other
local tribes. After Dingiswayo was murdered, Shaka took control of the Mthethwa and
moved his base southward, outside the traditional Zulu heartland. Shaka eventually
incorporated other tribal groups into his own, including the Qwabe, Hlubi and Mkhize.
Shaka won a major victory at the Battle of Gqokl Hill and, after another major victory,
forced the surviving members of the defeated tribes into joining
him.

In Guns, Germs, and Steel, what is "the dilemma fundamental to all centrally governed, nonegalitarian societies?"

Nicolo Machiavelli said it something like
this.

A prince, wishing to maintain among men a reputation
for generostity, is obliged to avoid any attribute of magnificence; so that a prince
thus inclined will consume in his generocity all his property, and will be compelled in
the end, if he wishes to maintain his reputation for generocity, to unduly weigh down
his people, and tax them, and do everything he can to get money. This will soon make him
odious to his subjects, and becoming poor he will be little valued by any one; thus,
with his generocity, having offended many and rewarded few, he is affected by the very
first trouble and imperilled by whatever may be the first danger; recognizing this
himself, and wishing to draw back from it, he runs at once into the reproach of being
miserly.

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What is the setting in "To Build a Fire"? Can you give specific quotes from the story and explain when the story took place? The time period and...

The opening sentence of the story gives readers the
location setting of the story.  

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Day had dawned cold and gray when the man turned
aside from the main Yukon
trail.

That puts the man in
northwestern Canada.  No date is given for when the events of the story take place, but
I do know it is taking place during the winter.

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There was no sun or promise of sun, although
there was not a cloud in the sky. It was a clear day. However, there seemed to be an
indescribable darkness over the face of things. That was because the sun was absent from
the sky.

The man is far to
the north, and the during the winter, the sun won't rise above the horizon.  This has to
do with the position of the earth compared to the sun and the tilt of earth on its axis.
 If the story took place during the summer, then the sun
wouldn't set.  

  There is no specific
date as to when the story takes place, but I can offer a fairly accurate guess.  As a
reader, I always like to ask "why."  Why is this guy tromping through the snow in the
dead of winter in one of the harshest environments on the planet?  The answer -- gold.
 In 1896 gold was discovered in the Yukon.  An estimated 100,000 prospectors rushed to
the area with hopes of striking it rich.  The gold rush lasted from 1896-1899.  I'm
quite sure that the story took place during those dates, because it offers the reader
the best explanation for why the main character is putting his life at risk in that part
of the world.  

what are the benefits of third person limited and third person omniscient?

The third person limited narrator does not know all in the
story, which can make for dramatic irony.  By that I mean that the reader might have
insight into the situation or characters that the narrator does not have.  I am sure you
have watched a movie in which you wanted to yell to a character, "Look behind you! He
has an axe!"

With the third person limited narration, we
have some unknown person "looking down," but this person cannot see everything going on
or peer into the minds of all the characters.  Whether the narrator acknowledges it or
not, he or she has a particular perspective, one which can be used to influence how the
reader makes meaning of the story.  What a narrator leaves out can be as important in
shaping a story as what such a narrator includes.

A third
person omniscient narrator affords a greater sweep in a story.  This is particularly
effective when one wants to know what people are thinking, not just what they are doing
in the story.  This point of view is also useful when a story takes place over a great
period of time or in many places.  One person telling the story makes for far smoother
transitions for the reader.

By referring to the incidents in the story, state how dusk is said to be an hour of defeated.

The story "Dusk" by Saki illustrates the defeated. It is
at this time where

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many unconsidered figures moving silently through
the half-light, or dotted unobtrusively on bench and chair, scarcely to be distinguished
from the shadowed gloom in which they
sat.

The story shows the
figures around Gortsby as alienated and indistinguishable from the impending darkness
which surrounds them.

The narrator presents Gortsby's
feelings about dusk immaculately:

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Men and women, who had fought and lost, who hid
their fallen fortunes and dead hopes as far as possible from the scrutiny of the
curious, came forth in this hour of gloaming, when their shabby clothes and bowed
shoulders and unhappy eyes might pass unnoticed, or, at any rate,
unrecognised.

Dusk brings out
the defeated. Dusk brings out those who have no place in the light. Dusk is a place for
those who have been shunned, been forgotten, been defeated. It was only in the dusk that
defeated people could find "pleasure sadly in a pleasure-ground that had emptied of its
rightful occupants." In essence, dusk is the only thing which embraces the
defeated.

The most telling example of defeat happens in the
following:

On
the bench by his side sat an elderly gentleman with a drooping air of defiance that was
probably the remaining vestige of self-respect in an individual who had ceased to defy
successfully anybody or
anything.

The depiction of
the man shows the ultimate power of the dusk.

what is the theme of " The Twelfth Night"

The title of this play refers to a holiday during the time
when people could feast and act in ways that were opposite to their usual
personalities.  It was a way to let loose of general worries and daily routines and
adopt, for a time, an alternate persona.

The characters in
this play seem to have adopted this attitude even though they do not realize it.  Viola
adopts the persona of her twin and pretends to be a man, while her actual twin.  Olivia,
who spurns the duke in favor of Viola/Cesario, parallels the Duke's ultimate attraction
to Viola.  The world, like the intent of the holiday, is turned upside down.  Of course,
things settle down, and two, happy couples emerge at the end of the play, devoid of
disguise.

The idea of donning a disguise or playing a role
is attractive as a way of forgetting one's daily life.  This holiday, and the play,
celebrates that.

"The Portrait of a Lady dramatizes the conflict between two civilizations." Discuss.

This is actually a theme that we can see as being key to
much of the fiction of Henry James. His novels and novellas delighted in contrasting the
innocence and naievety of his American protagonists with the experience, sophistication
and corruption of his European characters. Thus it is that the innocent and rather naive
Isabel Archer, with all of her ideas of experiencing life and living it to the full, is
thrown in the path of the rather diabolical Madame Merle and Gilbert Osmond, and suffers
greatly as a result. Gilbert Osmond is "unfathomable," in the words of Madame Merle, and
and is able to talk rather chillingly about the way in which Isabel Archer has "too many
ideas" that are all "very bad ones," which means they can be "sacrificed"
easily.

In so many works by Henry James, innocence collides
with experience in the form of a clash of two different civilisations meeting each other
in the characters that he brings to life in his work. This novel is no exception, as the
trip to Europe that Isabel Archer makes is one that will transform her for ever and
cause her to mature in a way that will impact her character for the rest of her
life.

For the function f(x)= sqrt(x-3), determine the domain and the range. Does f(x) have an inverse?

The function given is f(x) = sqrt(x -
3)

The domain of a function is all the values that the
independent variable can take for real values of the dependent
variable.

Here (x - 3) should not be
negative

(x - 3) >=
0

=> x >= 3

The
domain is [3, inf.)

The range of the function is [0,
inf.)

To find the inverse of the function, let y = sqrt(x -
3)

=> y^2 = (x -
3)

=> x = y^2 +
3

interchange x and y

y = x^2
+ 3

The inverse function f^-1(x) = x^2 +
3

This is not a valid solution as both x and -x give the
same value for f(x). Therefore the function f(x) does not have an
inverse.

The domain of f(x) is [3, inf.) and
the range is [0, inf.). The function does not have an
inverse.

In "A Talk to Teachers," whats the effect of baldwin's emphasizing his personal experience when he begins paragraph 6 with "i still remember my...

Baldwin begins “A Talk to Teachers,” by saying that he is
not a teacher. He has, however, been a child, who saw early on that what the histories,
and etc, that the teachers were teaching was a false
one.

By bringing in his own perspective as a child—a
skeptical one, whom teachers may not have realized they had—he redefines students and
teachers too “because,” as he says in his essay. “if I am not what I’ve been told I am,
then it means that you’re not what you thought you were
either!”

His overall message to teachers can be found in
these lines:

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It means that well-meaning white liberals place
themselves in great danger when they try to deal with Negroes as though they were
missionaries.  It means, in brief, that a great price is demanded to liberate all those
silent people so that they can breathe for the first time and tell you what they think
of you.

Explain the following quote:"The founders of a colony, whatever Utopia of human virtue and happiness they might originally protect, have invariably...

As this quotation occurs on the opening page of the novel,
it sets the tone for the work.  First of all, the satire is evident.  Puritan era
Massachusettes is hardly a Utopia.  What the Puritan community seeks is a society filled
with virtue and morality in keeping with its strict Orthodox beliefs.  What it has
created is a society of hyperjudgmentalists and and a trail of nasty
secrets.

Thus, the second part of the quotation provides a
more realist view:  the need for a prison and a cemetary.  Ironically, if one is
attempting to create a Utopia, it's odd that the first considerations are given to
criminals and the dead.

The rest of the novel exposes the
secrets and hypocrisy of the community which, again ironically, begins in a prison and
ends in a cemetary.

How does the opening scene of "The Monkey's Paw" help to create a mood of mystery and uneasiness?

W. W. Jacobs creates an eerie sense of ominous foreboding
in the opening scene of his short story masterpiece, "The Monkey's Paw." The cold, wet
weather and the wind outside helps to create the sense that Mother Nature is presenting
a warning to the family inside, warm at the fire. The Whites live "so far out" in an
"out-of-the-way place," yet they are anxiously waiting a visitor on such a dreary night.
Jacobs' use of vocabulary also presents a sense of the macabre: In the chess game being
played by father and son, Mr. White puts his king in "unnecessary perils" before
"grimly" sensing his "fatal mistake." The usually quiet father "bawled... with sudden
and unlooked for violence" when he spoke of their visitor's trek to their home
before the words "died away on his lips." 

Give an example of a law that would be constitutional per se, but unconstitutional in its application in specific instances.

One example of such a law could be a death penalty law. 
In fact, in Furman v. Georgiain 1972, the Supreme Court ruled that
death penalty laws could be constitutional per se but could be unconstitutional as
applied to individual cases.

In that case, Justice Stewart
held that the death penalty itself was constitutional, but that it was being applied
unconstitutionally.  This was, he said, because the law was not being applied in any
sort of a consistent way.  Instead, he said the laws were applied in ways that made them
seem capricious and arbitrary.

So, a law giving the death
penalty for specific conduct might be constitutional per se, but be unconstitutional as
applied if it is not applied consistently to all defendants.

Discuss the effect Stockton creates in "The Lady or the Tiger?" by deciding not to include dialogue between the princess and her lover.

In the short story by Frank Stockton called, "The Lady or
the Tiger," the author chooses to tell his tale without dialogue. There is one word of
internal dialogue: "Which?"—a question expressed in the young man's eyes to the
princess. He is asking his lover which door he should open in order to
survive.

Perhaps Stockton removes dialogue so that the
reader must concentrate on the facts first. Stockton describes the "trial" conducted by
the "semi-barbaric king," and the king's unwavering dedication to the very "letter of
the law;" the people are also well satisfied by the king's method
of deciding the guilt or innocence of the accused.

Among
the details the author provides is the nature of the relationship between the accused
and his lover—the king's daughter. This is, in fact, the young man's crime: loving the
princess. We are given no deep insight into the relationship except that the princess
finds her lover to be as handsome and brave a man as she could want; and the young man
is completely dedicated to the princess.

The main conflict
in the story is not that the young man
is on trial, but what his judgment may be—as his fate
lies in the hands of his lover. For if the young man opens the wrong door, he
will be eaten by a tiger. The other door, however, hides a beautiful young woman to whom
the accused will be married without delay regardless of whether he is in love
with another. This is, of
course, the dilemma: can the princess give up her lover to another woman in order to
save his life?

Dialogue would provide the reader with the
innermost thoughts and feelings of each of these characters—there might be words of
devotion and shared sorrow and/or loss for both—regardless of the outcome. There would
be reasoning and rational thought exchanged, as well as love and tenderness: these are
things that might sway the princess. Stockton is
not asking us to understand her dilemma, but her human nature. For
well before the young man is led into the courtyard to face his "punishment," the
princess has "done her homework." She has found out behind which door the tiger
waits:

But
gold, and the power of a woman's will, had brought the secret to the
princess.

The princess also
knows about the young lady:

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And not only did she know in which room stood the
lady ready to emerge, all blushing and radiant, should her door be opened, but she knew
who the lady was...and the princess hated
her.

The loathing of the
king's daughter for girl her lover will marry if the princess chooses to save
his life exposes the basis of the real choice the
semi-barbaric princess must make. The princess has formed her own
opinions about her lover and the girl, but that they are not
founded on facts (notice "imagined" and "thought"):

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Often had she seen, or
imagined that she had seen, this fair creature throwing glances of
admiration upon the person of her lover, and sometimes she thought
these glances were perceived, and even
returned.

We also
learn:

Her
decision...had been made after days and nights of anguished deliberation. She had known
she would be asked, she had decided what she would
answer...

The princess has
already made her decision. The twist that Stockton exposes centers
on the darker side of human nature: in this case—
jealousy. Can she love him enough to let him go? Lack of dialogue clearly
leaves the outcome with the reader, making it a more powerful
story—for perhaps in answering the question, we look within to decide what
we might do.

What is strong acid and weak acid?

The pH scale is used to measure how acidic or basic a
substance is.  The scale goes from 0 to 14.  A substance with a pH of 0 through 6 is
considered an acid, while a substance with a pH of 8 through 14 is considered a base.  A
pH of 7 is neutral.  Uncontaminated, pure water is neutral.  The closer the number is to
7, the weaker the substance is.  The farther the number is from 7, the stronger the
substance is. 

A substance with a pH of 1 or 2 would be
a strong acid.  A substance with a pH of 5 or 6 would be a weak
acid.

A substance with a pH of 13 or 15 would be a strong
base.  A substance with a pH of 8 or 9 would be a weak
base.

An example of a strong acid is vinegar.  The pH of
vinegar is 2.4.  An example of a weak acid is citric acid.  The pH of citric acid is
4.8.

maggie's shyness mainly arises from

Maggie was always less beautiful, less outgoing than her
sister, Dee, but it was the burns she suffered in the house fire that damaged her most.
While Dee felt herself above the "low" beginnings from which she arose, Maggie was
permanently scarred from living there.

consider pride and prejudice as a domestic novel?

The genre classified as "domestic fiction" became popular
from the early to mid 1800's and is also found under categories such as "women's
fiction", or sentimental fiction.

This type of literature
is characterized for centering the plot around a young woman, often in distress, and
unable to solve her main problems due to the unequal social adequacy of women. According
to Nina Baym, who wrote Woman's Fiction, this genre can be defined
as

...the
story of a young girl who is deprived of the supports she had rightly or wrongly
depended on to sustain her throughout life and is faced with the necessity of winning
her own way in the world . . . . At the outset she takes herself very lightly--has no
ego, or a damaged one, and looks to the world to coddle and protect her . . . .To some
extent her expectations are reasonable--she thinks that her guardians will nurture her .
. . But the failure of the world to satisfy either reasonable or unreasonable
expectations awakens the heroine to inner possibilities. By the novel's end she has
developed a strong conviction of her own worth as a result of which she does ask much of
herself. She can meet her own demands, and, inevitably, the change in herself has
changed the world's attitude toward her, so much that was formerly denied her now comes
unsought

This being said,
there are plenty of themes that are completely in tandem with this definition. In
Pride and Prejudice more than one female is completely dependent on
the expectations that society bestows upon them. In this novel, women depend on marriage
to rise and survive in society, yet, their social status impede them from being able to
marry the way they wished. Additionally, an entailment placed upon the family makes the
women destitute upon the death of their father since there are no male heirs that can
legally inherit. This means that men were the only people in society with the right to
own property.

If you can put yourself in their situation,
it would be very hard to comprehend how society can just decide who is worthy and who is
not; who has the right to freedom and joy and who
doesn't.

Hence, Pride and Prejudice
epitomizes the meaning of domestic, sentimental
fiction.

Write a brief analysis on the ambiguity elements in Waiting for Godot ?

Ambiguity is part of Beckett's existentialism, it provides
us with the possibility of a state of flux or plasticity, a point in the text where
qualitative change is possible.

The subtle changes and
oppositions can provide solution or advocate hope and resurrection. The apparent
contradiction lies in the argument presented only by Vladimir that it is not enough to
live or die. The synthesis is provided in a unifying view by Estragon who reinforces the
need to give a voice to the dead. The dead are also the apathetic who can rise up out of
stasis. The lifeless eternity of 'Sand' at the beginning can therefore become 'Ash'
along with mythical possibilities of the Phoenix which can arise from its stasis of
death to a new life.

The part immediately preceding the
extract I have described deals with the ambiguous barrier between life and
death:

VLADIMIR: You're a hard man to get on with, Gogo.

ESTRAGON: It'd be better if we parted.
VLADIMIR: You always say
that, and you always come crawling back.
ESTRAGON: The best thing would be to
kill me, like the other.
VLADIMIR: What other? [Pause.]
What other?
ESTRAGON: Like billions of others.
VLADIMIR:
[Sententious.] To every man his little cross. [He
sighs.] Till he dies. [Afterthought.] And is forgotten.

ESTRAGON: In the meantime let us try and converse calmly, since we are
incapable of keeping silent.
VLADIMIR: You're right, we're inexhaustible.

ESTRAGON: It's so we won't think.
VLADIMIR: We have that excuse.

ESTRAGON: It's so we won't hear.
VLADIMIR: We have our reasons.

The effect of ambiguity on meaning can be seen in the
number of possibilities in the words, language and structure of text which can
interrelate to give different meaning. The frame provides reason as well as challenging
the audience to apply its own reasoning. Tension in dialogue allows for dialectical
struggle between opposites and synthesis of meaning. Words as signs and signifiers can
also change meanings. Dead leaves and the eternity of sand can compliment just as live
leaves and sand can argue and synthesise or, live leaves and ash can compliment or dead
leaves and ash can argue and synthesise. The effect can be one of stasis or motion and
resolution. Each possibility can have its effect on the nature of life and death and its
relationship to one another. The overall effect seems to be trying to focus on the
reason of being and whether the independence of mankind can control its own
destiny.

What can I do to be the hands of Christ on earth?

Christ came to Earth to be a sacrament or visible sign of
God's love for all people. God wanted to reveal Himself to all human beings, so He sent
Jesus to Earth to reveal Himself and His will. Christ spent his life helping others,
healing, teaching, and bringing the Kingdom of God to Earth. Then to show how great
God's love is, Jesus suffered, died, and resurrected from the dead for all humankind.
Following in the footsteps of Jesus, then, whenever we show selfless or self-sacrificing
love to others, we are being the hands of Christ. There are endless ways to do this, for
example washing the dishes for your family, offering to babysit, visiting a sick person
in the hospital, baking cookies for a fundraiser for a children’s hospital, working in a
soup kitchen or homeless shelter, offering someone a ride, helping a friend understand
their homework etc. These are all ways to be Christ’s loving hands in the world and help
bring about the Kingdom of God on Earth.

FIND THE RATIO OF THE AREAS OF THE INCIRCLE & CIRCUMCIRCLE OF A SQUARE. A) 1:4 B) 4:1 C) 1:2 D) 2:1

Let the square we are considering have a side of length
L.

The incircle of a square touches all the four sides. The
diameter of the circle is equal to the length of the square's side.The radius of the
circle is L/2.

The circumcircle of a square touches all the
four vertices of the circle. The diameter of the circle is equal to the length of the
diagonal of the square.

Using the Pythagorean Theorem, the
length of the diagonal of a square in terms of the length of its sides is sqrt(2*L^2) =
(sqrt 2)*L. The radius of the circumcircle is L/(sqrt
2)

The area of a circle with radius r is
pi*r^2.

The ratio of the area of the incircle to that of
the area of the circumcircle of the square is [pi*(L/2)^2]/[pi*L^2/(sqrt
2)^2]

=>
(L^2/4)/(L^2/2)

=>
2/4

=>
1/2

The correct answer is option C. The ratio
of the are of the incircle of a square and that of the area of the circumcircle is
1:2

What emotion does The Scarlet Ibis evoke in the minds of readers?

"The Scarlet Ibis" is a short story written by James
Hurst. In this story, an older brother recalls his experiences with his younger,
disabled brother, nicknamed Doodle. He both loves Doodle and resents him. He teaches
Doodle how to walk because he is ashamed to have a brother that cannot walk. He hopes to
teach him everything so he can be "normal" and go to school but Doodle is like the
scarlet ibis, beautiful and fragile, but decidedly different. By the end of the story,
Big Brother's expectations have been too large and he fails not only his sweet brother,
Doodle, but also himself.

Emotions evoked in the reader may
include:

guilt since shame
drove Big Brother to expect so much of
Doodle;

sadness over the loss
of the normal sibling
relationship;

grief because he
was unable to protect his
brother;

hopelessness over his
ultimate lack of acceptance of someone that was not outwardly perfect and
whole.

Why do you think Amir states that he never thought of Hassan as his friend in The Kite Runner?

There are a number of reasons why Amir can never fully
accept Hassan as a true friend, and not just as a playmate during his hours away from
school. First, Hassan and Ali are both Hazara, the lowest ethnic class in Afghanistan.
Amir is constantly reminded of Hassan's social status--by classmates, people on the
street and even, more discreetly, Baba himself. Considered valued members of the
household, Ali and Hassan nevertheless live in a mud hut on the property, not within
Baba's spacious home. Although Amir enjoys Hassan's company, it is easier for him to
avoid the scrutiny of others by abandoning the Hazara boy except when it suits him.
Their differences are always visible to Amir: Hassan has a harelip (and Ali is crippled)
and dresses simply in the local tradition; he is illiterate and gullible; and Hassan has
the distinct Mongol features that so easily separates the Hazara from the other tribes
in Afghanistan. As he grows older, Amir finds himself  embarrassed to be seen with
Hassan in public.

Jealously becomes another reason Amir
cannot think of Hassan as a friend. Amir is practically obsessed with gaining the
positive attentions of Baba, and when Amir sees  Baba's own attentiveness of Hassan
growing stronger, Amir's jealousy strikes out at Hassan. It is this streak that moves
Amir to falsely accuse Hassan of stealing, thinking Baba will never trust Hassan again.
Instead, Baba forgives Hassan, and Hassan shows his own loyalty to Amir by refusing to
tell Baba of Amir's transgressions against him. Amir is even jealous of the
few gifts Baba gives Hassan, such as the expensive kite and the payment of the operation
to medically correct the boy's harelip.

Cowardice is yet
another reason Amir has for refusing to call Hassan his friend. Amir doesn't have the
moral fortitude to stand up for Hassan when he is verbally attacked on the streets, nor
does he have the courage to intervene when Assef rapes Hassan. It becomes easier for
Amir to take the cowardly way out in his dealings with Hassan, best exemplified by his
placement of his own birthday presents under Hassan's mattress. 

Describe the role of women in the past and present time.

In the United States, at least, women's roles today and in
the past have some things in common, but are also very
different.

In the past, (largely in the time from after the
Civil War up through the 1970s or so) women were expected to center their lives around
homemaking.  They were expected to be wives and mothers and, for the most part, nothing
else.  Women were definitely expected to be subordinate to
men.

Nowadays, some things have not changed much.  Women
are still expected to do most of the work of keeping house and caring for children.  It
is not as much as in the past, but that is still seen as work that is more suited for
women.  At the same time, however, there is a clear assumption that it is okay and even
desireable for a woman to have a career.  Just as one example of this, we can see that a
very conservative woman, Michelle Bachmann, is running to be president of the United
States.  This shows a major change in how women's roles are
perceived.

Women now are not expected (by the vast majority
of Americans) to be subordinate to men.  They are not expected to be only wives and
mothers.  However, they are still expected to do much of the work that they used to in
their roles as wives and mothers.  In addition, they are expected in many cases to have
careers just as men do.

In Oedipus Rex, why does Oedipus blind himself?

Oedipus' decision to blind himself is very symbolic.
 Because of his hubris, he was blind to all of the warning signs about the path he was
travelling.  He refused to see.  In the end, when all is brough to light, he blinds
himself, so he finishes the play literally as blind as he figuratively was
throughout.

He is unable to avoid the fate that had been
foretold for him from his birth.  He also brings curses upon himself, by cursing the
murderer of Laius.  His self-punishment reveals that he believes his suffering is
deserved.  It is his attempt to bring justice to the situation.

What is an analysis of Shakespeare's Sonnet 63?

Sonnet 63 is about a favorite theme for sonneteers, that
of poetry immortalizing beauty and love. It begins with the poet saying that in
preparation for the time when "my love shall be" as old as he himself is at the time of
writing, he shall immortalize him "in these black lines" and keep "my lover's life"
still "green," or youthful, with "sweet love's
beauty."

Sonnet 63 is in iambic
pentameter with two voltas, or change in topic within
the subject of the sonnet. The first 12 lines are 3 quatrains with
a rhyme scheme of abab cdcd efef. The last two lines are an ending
rhyming couplet with the rhyme scheme gg. This
is what came to be the standard English, or Shakespearean, sonnet
form. It is not in the original Petrarchan sonnet form. The
voltas (i.e., thought turns) are at lines 5 and 9. At 5, he turns
from Time to the journey that will cause his love's kingly "beauties" to vanish "out of
sight" and steal the youthful "treasure of his spring."

At
9, he turns to protesting "Against confounding age's cruel knife," asserting his love
shall be "never cut from memory." The couplet explains that "His beauty shall in these
black lines be seen, / ... / and he in them still
green."

That
[Age] shall never cut from memory
My sweet love's beauty, though my lover's
life:

[Couplet]
His beauty shall in these black
lines be seen,
And they shall live, and he in them still
green.

If f(x)=x+4 and h(x)=4x-1, find a function g such that g(f(x)) = h(x).

We get the above answer by noting that g(x) must be linear
otherwise when applied to (x+4) we would not get another linear
function.

So suppose
g(x)=ax+b

g(f(x))=g(x+4)=a(x+4)+b=ax+4a+b

Now
we are told that
g(f(x))=4x-1

So

a=4 and
4a+b=-1

4(4)+b=-1

16+b=-1

b=-17

So
our functiong g(x) must be

g(x) = 4x -
17

what is the polynomial that has the roots xk+yh, if k=1,2 and h=1,2?the equation x^2+ax+b=0 has the roots xk and the equation y^2+cy+d=0 has the...

An equation of the form x^2 + ax + b = 0 cannot have roots
equal to xk, the roots are numeric terms that do not contain the
variable.

So, the roots of x^2 + ax + b = 0 are x = 1 and x
= 2. Similarly the roots of the equation y^2 + cy + d = 0 are numeric terms and for the
problem given are equal to y = 1 and y = 2.

The roots of
the polynomial that have to be determined are also numeric and cannot be of the form xk
+ yh.

Assuming the polynomial to be determined is bivariate
and the roots are 2 and 3 for x and 3 and 4 for y, we
get:

(x - 2)(x - 3)(y - 3)(y - 4) =
0

=> (x^2 - 5x + 6)(y^2 - 7y + 12) =
0

=> x^2*y^2 - 7x^2*y + 12x^2 - 5x*y^2 + 35xy - 60x
+ 6y^2 - 42y + 72 = 0

The required polynomial
is x^2*y^2 - 7x^2*y + 12x^2 - 5x*y^2 + 35xy - 60x + 6y^2 - 42y + 72 =
0

Why did the Indians accuse Spanish conquistadores of the "Black Legend?"

The Black Legend was the idea that the Spanish had acted
in particularly cruel and evil ways in their dealings with the Indians.  It has come to
include the idea that the Spanish were much worse than other colonial powers.   Please
note that it was not the Indians who spread the "Black Legend."  This was something that
was done first by some Spaniards and then by other
Europeans.

The Black Legend can be said to have started
with the writings of Bartolome de las Casas.  He was a Spaniard who was the bishop of
Chiapas in what is now Mexico and was a strong defender of the Indians.  He alleged that
they were being terribly mistreated by his
countrymen.

These writings were picked up and then
exaggerated by Europeans who had reason to want to make Spain look bad.  In particular,
this included the Dutch (who were trying to break away from Spanish rule) and the
English (who were competing with Spain for colonies in the New World).  These two
European nations had an interest in making Spain look evil in the eyes of the world to
justify their struggles against Spain and to rally support for those
struggles.

How does Harper Lee develop and use contrast in characterization and voice in the trial scene of To Kill a Mockingbird?

By the use of the various witnesses who give testimony at
the trial, and from the narrative of Scout and the opinions expressed by others--such as
Jem, Dill and Dolphus Raymond--Harper Lee manages to express a wide range of emotions
during the trial of Tom Robinson. Scout's narrative ranges from matter-of-fact
commentary to moments of self-discovery, particularly when she recognizes that the
crippled Robinson could not have committed the crime of which he is accused; and the
realization that the jurors, who refuse to look Tom in the face, have decided on a
guilty verdict.

Lee takes the reader on a roller coaster
ride of emotions. The trial starts innocently enough with the factual testimony of
Sheriff Heck Tate. It explodes when Bob Ewell takes the stand, bringing the courtroom
into chaos when he accuses Tom of "ruttin' on my Mayella." Mayella's appearance brings
an even greater emotional escalation, completing her testimony by cursing Atticus and
storming from the witness stand. Tom Robinson's turn on the stand evokes pity, but when
the prosecutor disrespectfully taunts Tom, it sends Dill crying from the courtroom.
During the needed lull, Dill and Scout enjoy a few humorous moments with the mysterious
Dolphus Raymond, who reminds them that there will always be white people to make life
"hell" for the black man.

The trial ends with Atticus'
pleading voice of reason, asking the jurors to disregard Tom's skin color and
to

"In the
name of God, do your duty... In the name of God, believe
him."

The author extends the
trial somewhat, giving the reader time for reflection during the surprising hours that
it takes the jury to make its decision. As Atticus had earlier predicted, and as Scout
sees from the absent eyes of the jurors, Tom is found guilty--a surprise to Jem, but
probably not to many others, including most readers.

To what extent does the author use descriptions of Zaroff’s looks to define his character? from the story of "The Most Dangerous Game"

Zaroff wants to be known as a sophisticated,
well-educated, cultured gentleman.  Therefore, he dresses and acts the part.  When
Rainsford first meets Zaroff,  it is evening and Zaroff is dressed in evening clothes
for dinner.  Described as  erect, slender  and with a cultivated voice, the author hints
at upper class society, which is later confirmed with he told of his
father,

 "a
very rich man with a quarter of a million acres in the Crimea" (pg
5),

 which he later lost due
to the debacle of Russia.  The author further describes Zaroff  as past middle age with
vivid white hair,  thick black eyebrows and a pointed military mustache, high
cheekbones, sharpcut nose, dark eyes , and a spare, dark face.  He remarks that he had
the face of

“a
man used to giving orders, the face of an aristocrat”. (pg
3) 

 Zaroff loans Rainsford
clothes to wear that first night, and Rainsford notices that they were made by a London
tailor  and

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“sewed for none below the rank of duke”.  (pg
4). 

He carried a gold
cigarette case and offered cigarettes with a silver tip and a strong smell of incense.
  The next morning, the author says that he was

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“dressed faultlessly in the tweed of a country
squire.”  (pg 8) 

 He tells
Rainsford that

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 “We try to be civilized here.” (pg
7)

which is
ironic, considering the quarry he hunts every night.

Discuss the theme of betrayal as a prominent theme in shakespeare's "Othello".

In the play 'Othello' by William Shakespeare, Othello
betrayed Dessemona Even though Othello was a moor, Desdemona loved him because of his
valour and eloped away with him. Her kinsman disliked the action and yet she accompanied
Othello to Cyprus. She trusted him most and so submitted to a person hated by her
kinsman.

Shakespeare had taken the plot of Othello from
'Hecatommithi' or 'A hundred tales' by Giovanibatista Giraldi Chinthio, an Italian
novelist. There are one hundred stories and divided into ten decades. This is the
seventh story in the third decade. In the story the ensign(Iago) fwll in love with
Desdemona. But she didnot pay any attention to his love. The ensign felt insulted and
vowed to prove her infidelity. Thus we find that Shakespeare had used the source of
intrigue he found in the Italian story by
Cinthio.

Desdemona was trustworthy. She didnot betray
Othello even though he was a man of black complexion. On the other hand Othello became a
victim of the trigue hatched by Iago whether he was not promoted to the higher rank as
Shakespeare shows in the play or for not responding to his love as shown in the original
Italian story. He had no firm faith in Desdemona and so Iago could ply his as he wished.
Iago ploted very cunningly that Desdemona loved Cassio and hinted to Othello when he
cashired Cassio for killing a guard on duty. Here in the play, Iago himself mooted the
cospiracy and as a part of it and he sent Roderigo who loved Desdemona and yet he
believed to get her; to fight Cassio. Roderigo was ignorant of Iago's plan. Cassio
approached Desdemona to plead for him to Othello to restore him in the post of general
again as a part of intrigue of the ensign. So the innocent lady pleaded the matter to
restore Cassio. It gave an opportunity to Iago to fulfill his desire of proving
Desdemona's infidelity. It was easy to do so only because of Othello's weakness. He was
quite suspicious and so he believed Iago's remarks that there might be some good reason
for pleading him to restore Cassio again. At the same time Iago betrayed his own wife
Emilia and ploted the handkerchief of Desdemona in Casso's room. Cassio went to return
the handkerchief to Desdemona and was seen by Othello. It played a great role in the
betrayal of Othello to Desdemona. Now he was sure that Desdemona had really affair with
Cassio. Now he believed Iago more than his beloved and killed
her.

What is the point the writer is making through the narrative?

The writer is examining the lengths to which her mother
has gone to give her an existence. The "leap" in the title is not about the physical
leaps by the flying acrobats, or the leap from a burning building, it is about the
metaphorical leap it takes to go beyond her own self and appreciate the selfless, brave
actions of her mother.

A pivotal moment that explains this
point is when she visits the grave of the sister that died as a baby, an older sister
that she never met. She admits that she viewed the gravestone as not a separate person,
but as an extension of herself.

any tips on how to write an essay without using be verbsbe verbs being am is are was were been being be

Your teacher wants you to use active voice instead of
passive voice. Active voice involves using verbs that indicate doing something rather
than being something.

To write using active voice, figure
out who or what is doing something in the sentence and make that person or thing the
subject of the sentence. Then choose a verb that shows what they are
doing.

For example:

Passive
voice: The book Fahrenheit 451 is written by Ray Bradbury. (Subject=book,
verb=is)

Active voice: Ray Bradbury wrote the book
Fahrenheit 451. (Subject=Ray Bradbury, verb=wrote)

What came first slavery or racism?

Of course, there was slavery in some parts of the world
before there was racism.  The Romans took slaves who were not distinguishable by their
race.  They were not seen as racial inferiors, they were just people who had been
defeated in battle.

Assuming that you are asking about
race-based slavery, there is no definitive way to say.  Scholars often argue that the
two grew together and reinforced one another.  When Europeans first came into contact
with black Africans, they would have seen them as inferior even without them being
enslaved.  They would have seen the Africans' lack of technology and believed them to be
inferior.  If this is racism, it probably came
first.

However, really systematized racism's existence was
encouraged by slavery.  There was a need to justify the enslavement of a whole race.  
This would have made it important to create an ideology of race that held that blacks
were naturally inferior.

So, slavery in some forms has
existed since before racism did.  Racial slavery, though, developed along with
racism.

What other works of literature can I use to compare Conrad's "The Secret Sharer" to for a paper?

This may seem a slightly odd choice, but hear me out. When
I first read this excellent short story by Joseph Conrad, the text that I related it to
was actually "The Most Dangerous Game." Why I thought of this text is because  both
short stories contain two principal male characters whose interactions allow for
self-exploration and development. Just as the captain is able to mature and develop by
exploring who he is through his friendship with Leggatt, so Rainsford is able to define
himself in opposition to the cruel General Zaroff, but is also forced to explore a
darker side of his personality in the way that he has to play "the most dangerous game"
and commit exactly the kind of murder that he protested against when he first found out
about the concept of hunting men for sport. Both stories therefore indicate the shift of
their protagonists from a position of innocence to greater experience in the ways of the
world and the ways in which we have to sometimes compromise on dearly-held concepts such
as truth and the sanctity of life.

In "The Worn Path," comment on the use of birds.

One of the many fascinating aspects of this story is the
way that birds are used as visual markers of the path that Phoenix Jackson takes and her
progress along it. In the narrative that she gives us, along the road that the
protagonist takes are littered many different kinds of birds, and these serve to show
the distance that Phoenix Jackson has travelled and provide examples of nature that
Phoenix Jackson interrogates or comments upon. For example, when she crawls through the
fence, she sees a buzzard sitting and looking at her. Her response is to ask the
buzzard, "Who you watching?" Just a few lines later, when she has passed the scarecrow
and made her way to a wagon track, she sees quail that were "walking around like
pullets, seeming all dainty and unseen." Again, Phoenix Jackson talks to them, saying:
"Walk pretty... This the easy place. This the easy
going."

The birds that appear in this short story therefore
seem to act firstly as markers of the journey of the protagonist, but secondly also show
the close relationship that Phoenix Jackson has with nature through the way that she
interacts with them, asking them questions and talking to them as if they were other
humans.

summary of preface to shakespeare by Samuel Johnson.

Samuel Johnson’s 1765 Preface to Shakespeare fits into a
tradition of presenting Shakespeare’s plays in modernized
form.

Johnson’s Preface contains echoes of neo-classical
sentiments, especially in his application of mimetic values, and in his axiom that
“nothing can please many, and please long, but just representations of human nature.” 
Johnson also states that “it is always a writer’s duty to make the world better, and
justice is a virtue independent on time or place.”  The key points of Johnson’s treatise
are:

Shakespeare is the foremost of English writers.  He is
“the poet of nature; the poet that holds up to his readers a faithful mirror of manners
and of life.”

Shakespeare’s characters are universal. 
“They are the genuine progeny of common humanity, such as the world will always supply,
and observation will always find.”

Shakespeare’s work
transcends genre.  His “plays are not in the rigorous and critical sense either
tragedies or comedies, but compositions  of a distinct kind; exhibiting the real state
of sublunary nature, which partakes of good and evil, joy and sorrow, mingled with
endless variety of proportion and innumerable modes of combination. . . 
.”

Shakespeare’s plays follow miscuit utile dulce:  “The
end of writing is to instruct; the end of poetry is to instruct by
pleasing.”

Shakespeare polished a crude form.  “He found
the English stage in a state of the utmost rudeness,” but his talent in developing
character and dialogue brought the drama forward so that “in some of his happier scenes”
we are carried “to the utmost height.”

Shakespeare does
have several faults.  “He sacrifices virtue to convenience, and is so much more careful
to please than to instruct, that he seems to write without any moral purpose.”  “To the
unities of time and place he has shown no regard.”