Sunday, January 31, 2016

Not many women sexually abuse kids, why is it mostly men?

It is a misconception that the percentage of girls who
have been sexually  abused is far larger than the number of boys who have faced the
same. According to research, around 20% of boys face sexual abuse before they turn 18
while the same for girls is close to 25%. Society, with the notion that males are
stronger and can take care of themselves, makes it very difficult for boys who have been
sexually abused to come forward and tell others about
it.


Recent studies also show that women are only considered
to be victims of sexually abuse and not the perpetrators as society and in turn the
courts often take the cases of women who are convicted for sexually abuse boys more
lightly. A man indulging in the same crime would have to face a punishment that is much
harsher than a women though the emotional impact on the victim, whether a girl or a boy
is the same.

Please look over this intro. paragraph and give me some suggestions! And maybe rate it out of 100? I'm a sophomore! (This is my first draft)...

That's a good start for a first draft.  The first sentence
is vague, however.  Try to avoid saying "thing" and the clause that follows the colon is
too informal and wordy.  You shouldn't put a "the" in front of Black Tuesday.  You also
have tense issues in that second sentence.  Were should be was.  Marks should be marked.
  The sentence that starts with "when people think" could be tightened up and
formalized.  In the sentence that starts with "starting," it should be half the banks
closed, you don't need "whole," and you should start the third point differently (so
it's not the same as the first point).  You shouldn't say "us" or "we" in a formal
essay.


So, in reading this intro paragraph, I assume that
you will be discussing the causes, consequences, and legacies of Black Tuesday.  Your
second to the last sentence is your thesis, right?  The last sentence sounds like a
transition, which isn't normally used in an intro paragraph.  It sounds like the topic
sentence of the first body paragraph.


If this were turned
in to me as a first draft, I would have given it 85/100.

Saturday, January 30, 2016

Describe Early Settlers of England/Germanic Tribes

The migration and settlement of the Germanic tribes in
very large numbers in href="http://www.the-orb.net/encyclop/early/origins/rom_celt/romessay.html">sub-Roman
Britain
(5th and 6th centuries A.D.) goes back to the middle of the 5th
century. These tribes were the Angles, the Saxons, the Jutes and, may be, the Frisians.
Venerable Bede, in his Ecclesiastical History, identified the
English as the descendants of three Germanic tribes.


The
Angles might have come from Angeln in Germany in the form of mass
exodus. The name England must have originated from this tribe. The
Saxons came from Lower Saxony in Germany too. The Jutes migrated
from Jutland peninsula in Denmark.


They first Germanic
invasion in Britain started in the mid-5th century and continued for several decades.
The Jutes were the principal settlers in Kent,
the Isle of Wight and parts of coastal
Hampshire, while the Saxons predominated in
all other areas south of the river Thames as well as in Essex and
Middlesex, and the Angles settled in
Norfolk, Suffolk, the Midlands
and the north.

What is the symbolism in "The Raven?"

The Raven is perhaps Edger Allan
Poe's most famous work. Written explicitly to appeal to audiences of the time, it made
an immediate impression and although it never brought Poe fame and fortune directly, it
has become a classic of the genre and and a staple of horror fiction, film, and
music.


The titular Raven, which speaks the single word
"Nevermore," come to bother a nameless narrator who tries to rid himself of it, but
ultimately fails and must accept its presence.


The obvious
symbolism is that of death: the narrator mourns his lost love, the beautiful Lenore, and
the bird is possibly the most physical representation of the "black wings of death"
present in myth and story. A raven is a carrion-eater, feasting on dead bodies, and in
speaking the morbid and depressing word "Nevermore" allows the narrator to project his
own depression and pain onto it. He could ask different questions or interpret the word
in a different way, but the narrator's pain in such that he asks questions designed to
further his cycle of self-loathing.


There are other
symbolisms; one is the possibility of mental illness: in his misery, the narrator
demands that the bird -- which is a bird -- answer his questions
sensibly, and the bird responds in the only way it knows how. The narrator briefly
entertains the truth:


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Startled at the stillness broken by reply so
aptly spoken,
“Doubtless,” said I, “what it utters is its only stock and
store..."



but swiftly
descends into madness, finally attributing all his personal ills to the bird and its
supposed supernatural powers:


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And his eyes have all the seeming of a demon’s
that is dreaming,
And the lamp-light o’er him streaming throws his shadow on
the floor;
And my soul from out that shadow that lies floating on the
floor
     Shall be
lifted—nevermore!


How were the letters written on the same day in the Guernsey Literary & Potato Peel Pie Society delivered so quickly?

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie
Society
by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows is written, as you suggest in
your question, as a series of letters. Many of them are letters which are sent between
Juliet Ashton in London and citizens of the Channel Islands, of which Guernsey was one.
These would have gone back and forth regularly on packet boats, and the dates of these
letters account for that. The same is true of the letters between Sidney Stark, who is
in Australia, Sophie, who is in Scotland, and Ashton in London. There are also telegrams
which, of course, would have been sent and received
quickly.


The letters to which you refer are actually more
like notes, and they are sent between Markham Renolds and Ashton, both living in London.
This novel is, of course, a work of fiction; however, it is likely these notes were
delivered by messengers hired by both parties. It is a system no longer used in most
places, but cities like New York do still have a semblance of this practice in the form
of bicycle couriers. Simple notes of invitation, for example, are generally sent
electronically; but documents or contracts or blueprints, among other things, are often
sent via these couriers. Post-war London undoubtedly had such messengers, especially
during the rebuilding process. (Remember that Ashton's phone was buried amid the rubble
of her apartment, and she was certainly not alone in that
circumstance.) 

Explore the Captain's thoughts and feelings in the short story, "Just Lather, That's All."Assume the role of Captain Torres in the short story,...

This is an interesting question to consider, as
personally, I don't actually believe that Captain Torres would reveal the identity of
the barber as a rebel sympathiser to his men, as they would kill him. However, let us
just assume for one moment that he did, and that night he tells his men about what
happened. Here are some suggestions as to how you can write such a presentation of the
character of Captain Torres.


I think any such account would
be full of the nonchalance of Captain Torres. He would obviously not want to openly
confess any fear or worry to his men, as that would detract from his character, so to
present him you would have to paint an account that is full of his bravado. You would
comment upon the way that you noticed what the barber in his account hopes that Captain
Torres does not notice: his trembling, the way that his voice is wavering and full of
fear. I think as well you would want to major on the first contact of the razor on the
throat of Captain Torres. What was the barber doing? What was Captain Torres feeling?
You might also want to consider whether the internal conflict that the barber
experiences is something that the Captain is aware of. Can he see the conflict going on
in the face of the barber? Answering such questions will help you to write an excellent
account of the thoughts and feelings of Captain Torres. Good
luck!

Friday, January 29, 2016

what is the intro, major crisis, rising action, and climax of the story teller by saki

This is actually a story within a story, so you have two
of everything above. 


Introduction: An aunt and her three
charges are on the train and the children are being disruptive.  She cannot control
them. 


Problem:  It is annoying another passenger, a young
bachelor.


Rising Action: The bachelor decides to tell them
a story.  He expertly fields their questions about why there were no sheep, why there
were no flowers in the garden, what color were the pigs, what color was the
fox.


Climax: The bachelor finishes and tells the woman that
at least he kept them quiet for ten minutes.  It solved his problem of annoying
children.


Resolution: He leaves the train and thinks that
the poor woman is now going to be pestered for improper
stories.


SECOND STORY:  The bachelors
story


Introduction: A good little girl is introduced.  She
won three medals for being so good and was allowed to roam the Prince's garden. The
garden is filled with pigs.


Problem: The wolf comes to eat
one of the pigs.  But he sees the little girls and chases after
her


Rising Action:  The wolf searches for her but cannot
smell her because of the myrtle trees


Climax:  The wolf
hears her medals clinking, finds her, and eats
her


Resolution: All that is left of her are her shoes, her
clothes, and her medals.

Why does the author describe the other side of the electric fence in "The Shawl" by Cynthia Ozick?

Cynthia Ozick’s “The Shawl” tells the story of three
characters caught in the horror of the Holocaust. The characters involved are Rosa; the
baby, Magda; and Rosa’s niece, Stella, a fourteen year
old.


As the story begins, Rosa and Stella are walking with
other Jews on the way to a concentration camp.  Rosa carries Magda, who is trying to
breast feed although Rosa’s milk has dried up.  To satisfy herself, the baby sucks on
the shawl that Rosa uses to hide Magda. The shawl is described as magic because it
sustains and satisfies the baby.


The story moves forward
about a year to the camp.  Rosa has hidden Magda all this time from the Nazis. Magda is
able to walk but is starving to death despite Rosa giving all of her food to her baby. 
Magda’s stomach is bloated and her eyes widened from severe dehydration and starvation. 
She clings tightly to the shawl for her warmth and security and
satisfaction.


Stella has started to envy Magda.  She wants
the shawl. Eventually, she takes it from Magda.  When Rosa is not paying attention,
Magda wanders out onto the grounds where she can be seen by the soldiers.  Until now,
Magda has been mute; but as she goes out into the air, she begins to howl.  Rosa runs
back into the barracks and grabs the shawl from
Stella.


When she returns to the door, Rosa sees that Magda
has been picked up by the soldiers who carry her down a little way and throw her into an
electric fence which instantly kills the child. 


The author
used descriptive images to supply the reader with an understanding of the horrors of the
concentration camp. The horrendous life within the camps seemed disconnected to the
beauty of the world outside the electrified fences. 


As
Rosa looked out into the sunshine from the dark barracks, the heat from the sun brought
to mind another life and time.  The author described what could be seen on the other
side of the electric fence: pleasant meadows, butterflies, meadows luscious with
dandelions and purple violets; and farther away, could be imagined tiger lilies
stretching their faces toward the sun.


In comparison, the
barracks were filled with the smell of excrement.  In the air was the greasy smoke,
which came from the crematoriums.


The symbolic scene of the
stunning landscape amplified the killing of the child to the most heinous of crimes. How
could a child not matter at all to the black embodied shirts and boots of the
soldiers?


As Rosa watches, the Nazi soldier throws her baby
onto the electric fence to be shocked and her body burned black.  A mother watching her
child electrocuted on a beautiful summer day with the idyllic pastoral scene in her
peripheral vision--this was Rosa’s daytime
nightmare. 


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All at once Magda was swimming through the air. 
She looked like a butterful touching a silver vine. And the moment Magda’s feathered
round head and her pencil legs and ballonish belly splashed against the fence, the steel
voices in the fence went mad in the growling, urging Rosa to run to the spot where Magda
had fallen from her flight against the electrified
fence…



What could she have
done to save the child? If she had let on in any way that the child was hers, then she
would have died along with Magda.  Rosa takes the magical shawl and to keep from
screaming aloud she stuffs it into her mouth and sucks all of Magda out of
it.

help to solve: tan50(thita)tan20(thita)=1 math trigonometry

Express the formula of tangent function as
tan(thita)=sin(thita)/cos(thita).


tan50(thita)tan20(thita)=sin50(thita)sin20(thita)/cos50(thita)cos20(thita)


You
should be able to transform the products sin50(thita)sin20(thita) and
cos50(thita)cos20(thita) in addition of sines or
cosines.


sin50(thita)sin20(thita)=(cos(50-20)-cos(50+20))/2


 cos50(thita)cos20(thita)=(cos(50+20)+cos(50-20))/2


tan50(thita)tan20(thita)=(cos(30)-cos(70))/2/(cos(70)+cos(30))/2


(reduced
denominators):tan50(thita)tan20(thita)=(cos(30thita)-cos(70thita))/(cos(70thita)+cos(30thita))


Use
the result in equation
tan50(thita)tan20(thita)=1.


(cos(30thita)-cos(70thita))/(cos(70thita)+cos(30thita))=1=>


=>(cos(30thita)-cos(70thita))=(cos(70thita)+cos(30thita))


cos(30thita)-cos(30thita)=cos(70thita)+cos(70thita)


0=2cos70thita
=>cos 70thita=0=>70thita=+(cos
0)^-1+2npi=>


=> 70 thita= +pi/2 + 2npi or 70
thita= -pi/2 + 2npi (divide by 70)


thita=+pi/140 + npi/35
or thita=-pi/140 + npi/35


Answer: thita=+pi/140 +
npi/35 or thita=-pi/140 + npi/35

Thursday, January 28, 2016

What is an example of suspense in "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi"?

Suspense can be found in most of the mongoose's battles
with the snakes in Rudyard Kipling's enduring children's tale, "Rikki-Tikki-Tavi."
Rikki's initial battle comes in the garden when he meets up with both Nag and Nagaina.
It is his first fight with a snake, and Kipling allows the reader to wonder how the
mongoose will react. As Nag tries to keep Rikki's attention, Nagaina moves in from the
rear for the kill. But Rikki is too quick.


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He jumped up in the air as high as he could go,
and just under him whizzed by the head of Nagaina, Nag's wicked wife. She had crept up
behind him as he was talking, to make an end of him; and he heard her savage hiss as the
stroke missed. He came down almost across her back, and if he had been an old mongoose
he would have known that then was the time to break her back with one bite; but he was
afraid of the terrible lashing return-stroke of the cobra. He bit, indeed, but did not
bite long enough, and he jumped clear of the whisking tail, leaving Nagaina torn and
angry.



The final battle is
highly suspenseful, since Rikki decides to pursue Nagaina into her underground nest,
from where most mongooses would never return.


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"It is all over with Rikki-tikki! We must sing
his death song. Valiant Rikki-tikki is dead! For Nagaina will surely kill him
underground."



But Rikki
emerged victorious, and he lived happily ever after in the Englishman's
bungalow.

What would you consider as the "lesson" in William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily"?

Several lessons can be learned from the events that unfold
in William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily." Foremost is the need to grow and change with
the times, something that Emily is never able to understand. Throughout the story, she
stands defiantly as a symbol of the Old South and its unwillingness to accept modern
change. Another lesson to be learned is that you cannot force love upon a man who is not
willing to reciprocate. Emily's infatuation with Homer Barron does not receive the same
response from the well-travelled Yankee construction foreman, who prefers the company of
men and who has no apparent desire to settle down, at least with Miss Emily. Yet another
lesson is found in Emily's haughty attitude toward her neighbors: She has no friends,
and in her later years, she lives and dies alone. Her desire to maintain her
aristocratic standing in the community--one that has long since disappeared as new
generations appear in Jefferson--only distances herself from others, leaving her as
a



... fallen
monument... a sort of hereditary obligation upon the
town. 


Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Illustrate the way Samuels Beckett's Waiting for Godot has the typical characteristic of an absurd play

Samuel Beckett's play Waiting for
Godot
reunites the most salient characteristics of the genre of the theater
of the absurd in that it features the following essential
elements:


a. A lack of plot- The play seems not to have a
beginning, middle, and end as well-defined as aclassical or typical theatrical piece.
When the play begins we do not know where Vladimir and Estragon come from. All know is
that they are sitting "at a country road", and that, at one point Vladimir says in Act
I



Hand in hand
from the top of the Eiffel Tower, among the first. We were respectable in those days.
Now it's too late. They wouldn't even let us
up.



From that information we
get very little more. That, and the fact that Estragon had been beaten up by some people
for reasons also unknown.  What makes this even more absurd is: We never really get to
find out. Nor do we get to see Godot. He never shows up. There is no clear
ending.


b. A disdain for life, and a surrender to fate- The
theater of the absurd illustrates the philosophy of existentialism as proposed by Camus
and Sartre, among many others. In this philosophy human life is seen as a weakness. Life
is not that important. We are just like the wind, floating as we go. Similarly, the
language, dialogue and use of description in these types of plays will show this affect
throughout the development of the plot. An example is when Estragon says of
people:



People
are bloody ignorant
apes.



This he says, as he
questions with Vladimir some random passages of the
Bible.


c. The theater of the absurd will present situations
that hint at black humor and, in the case of this particular play, even mockery of what
is considered "normal". Pozzo and Lucky represent the master and servant dynamics
between the rich and the poor. Pozzo's abuse of power seems to serve as a pun for a joke
in the play, and Lucky's desperate situation places him in the position of whipping boy.
All this is, as the genre is, absurd, and it is consistently displayed in the
play.


Therefore, there are several ways to broadly detail
how this play represents the theater of the absurd. These three are just the most
essential characteristics of this type of theatrical piece.

What theme(s) do you find in Hawthorne's "The Birthmark," and is there a symbol regarding Georgiana's birthmark that supports the theme(s)?

In Hawthorne's short story, "The Birthmark," we are
presented with the character of Georgiana, a beautiful woman married to a brilliant
scientist. The only impediment, in Aylmer's mind (the husband) is that his wife has a
birthmark on her cheek. Whereas Georgiana had thought it was a "charm" that she was born
with:



To tell
you the truth it has been so often called a charm that I was simple enough to imagine it
might be so.



Other suitors
felt that it somehow separated her from the masses—made her more alluring—while Aylmer
sees it simply as an imperfection.


The story, then, is
about Aylmer's insistence that the birthmark should be removed to make his wife
"perfect."


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"Dearest Georgiana, I have spent much thought
upon the subject," hastily interrupted Aylmer. "I am convinced of the perfect
practicability of its
removal."



The themes
presented in the story include what is real and what is ideal, and which is better.
Where Georgiana was perfectly happy as she was, her husband finally convinces her that
she must have the mark removed.


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"If there be the remotest possibility of it,"
continued Georgiana, "let the attempt be made at whatever risk. Danger is nothing to me;
for life, while this hateful mark makes me the object of your horror and
disgust..."



In a sense, she
is giving away the essence of herself, sacrificing it to his
perception of perfection. There is no such thing as perfection, and so Aylmer is
pursuing an ideal, a dream; he loses sight of the beauty of the woman he is married to,
concentrating not on who she is and how lucky he is to have her. He is unsatisfied and
ends up sacrificing her life for something as elusive as a
dream.


Another theme here—which would speak to the age old
battle between the value and evil of science, as opposed to the pure essence of
nature—is found in the conflict of science vs. nature. Like a god, Aylmer sees himself
as one who borders on the divine. Where only God through nature can create a true thing
of beauty, this intellectual, arrogant man believes he has the
power through the power of his mind and science to "fix" what nature has "messed
up."


Another theme may be that one must look within to find
beauty and acceptance, and resist the temptation to listen to others who think they know
what is best and right for someone else. Being unique, by definition, describes
something or someone is like no other. Why is it, then, that so many things in
society—advertisers for make-up, hair color and toothpaste, as well as a youngster's
peers or an adult's friends—feel the need to fix what is not
broken?


According to critics of the story, the birthmark
could be a symbol of "God's blessing" or the devil's curse. This is a point that critics
cannot agree upon. However, I find that it is symbolic of
Georgiana's individuality. Aylmer perceives it as something loathsome—and sadly,
eventually it is not only Aylmer that sees it as a gross
imperfection, but Georgiana comes to believe it as well.

Tuesday, January 26, 2016

Is there any relationship between religion and genocide?

For the most part, religion per se has not been a major
motivating force for genocide in modern times.  However, religion has played a
supporting role in some genocides.


For example, the
Holocaust was not particularly a religiously motivated event.  The victims were mostly
Jews, but the motivation for killing them was not really religious.  However, religion
did help to create the setting for this genocide because it was religion that had led to
a general attitude of anti-Semitism over the
centuries.


There are times when religion is overtly used to
promote genocide.  The clearest recent case of this was in the Bosnian genocide of the
1990s.  There, Christianity was explicitly invoked as a reason for killing
Muslims.


Religion is a major motivating force for many
people, helping to form their values.  Religious beliefs are often very strong and
compelling.  This makes religion a "good" way to motivate people to participate in a
genocide.  However, it is not the only way and it would not be right to suggest that
religion is necessarily connected to genocide.

Discuss Wordsworth "PREFACE TO THE LYRICAL BALLADS" as an attempt at reorienting literary taste towards a new language?plz answer in detail

  First, Wordsworth insists on the fundamental idea that
the Preface is a defence of the theory his poetry is based on. He starts by giving his
support to Coleridge, referring to "the assistance of a friend", and the absence of any
"discordance". He insistently lays emphasis on the naturalness and unsophisticated side
of the style of his poems, on the particular rather than the general, that are
beneficial to the expression of a more "philosophical language". Another element that
pertains to his "worthy purpose" refers to "great national events" and  the
counteracting of "evil". He then goes on to treat of the distinction that is usually
established between verse and prose and states that "there's no essential difference."
He thus intends to preclude any criticism or rejection linked to his "prosaisms". Yet,
the pleasure depends on the metre, "the principle of similitude in dissimilitude." The
metre serves to counterbalance and even "overbalance" the flow of passion, which is
"recollected in tranquillity." Finally, he warns the reader against a kind of "false
criticism" due to various reasons that include "habit" and "the rashness of
decision."

Monday, January 25, 2016

what is love & why people do so ...?

Love is an emotion, a feeling of deep affinity for
something or someone else. To "love" another person means to care greatly about that
other, to want to spend time with that person because it brings pleasure, to want to
protect the other from harm, to be willing to sacrifice in order to support the
other.


Part of the human nature is that we are social
animals. All humans have basic psychological needs that must be met if we are to live as
healthy individuals. Included in those basic needs is a need to feel wanted and
recognized as having worth by others - a need to feel loved. Another basic need reflects
our need to be able to give care and support to others - the need to give love away.
People love because human nature needs love in order to exist.

Solve the equation 2x^4-3x^3-9x^2+15x-5=0.

We have to solve the equation:
2x^4-3x^3-9x^2+15x-5=0


2x^4-3x^3-9x^2+15x-5=0


=>
2x^4 - 2x^3 - x^3 + x^2 - 10x^2 + 10x + 5x - 5 =
0


=> 2x^3(x -1) - x^2(x - 1) - 10x(x - 1) + 5(x - 1)
= 0


=> (2x^3 - x^2 - 10x + 5)(x - 1) =
0


=> (x^2( 2x - 1) - 5(2x - 1))(x - 1) =
0


=> (x^2 - 5)(2x - 1)(x - 1) =
0


x - 1 = 0


=> x =
1


2x - 1 = 0


=> x =
1/2


x^2 - 5 = 0


=> x^2
= 5


=> x = sqrt 5 and -sqrt
5


The solution of the equation are {1/2, 1,
sqrt 5, -sqrt 5}

Why does A.G. Gardiner bring in the question of 'society' whenever he discusses liberty in his essay "On the Rule of the Road?"For the essay(the...

The reason that Gardiner does this is because it helps
bring out the main point of his essay.  What Gardiner is saying in this essay is that
people must not think only of their own rights.  Instead, they must also think of the
rights of the other people in their society.  This is why Gardiner brings up society and
its rights whenever he discusses the liberty of the
individual.


Gardiner is trying to remind us that our own
liberty has limits.  We do not really have the right to act in ways that will disturb
other people.  This is why he disapproved of the man talking loudly on the train.  That
man was exercising his own rights, but was doing so in a way that took away Gardiner's
own right to read his Blue Book.  Gardiner wants to make the point that we should not
act as if it is only our own liberty that matters.


Gardiner
is trying to teach us that we have responsibilities along with liberty.  We have to
think about society, not simply about our own desires.  This is why he brings society in
whenever he talks about personal liberty.

Sunday, January 24, 2016

Explain the background of the war of Iraq.

To understand the Iraq War, you must understand a number
of basic facts about the history of the region.


First, you
must understand that the US (and a coalition of allies) went to war against Iraq in
1991.  This happened because Iraq had invaded and occupied neighboring Kuwait.  The
US-led forces went to war to force Iraq out of Kuwait but did not try to overthrow the
Iraqi government after they had liberated Kuwait.


Second,
you must understand that Saddam Hussein, the dictator of Iraq in those times, worked on
a program of trying to obtain weapons of mass destruction, also known as WMD, such as
biological and chemical weapons.  He refused to allow UN inspectors free access to make
sure that he was not actually trying to get WMD and that he had destroyed ones that he
already had.  The US felt sure that, in 2003, he still had WMD that he would not admit
to having.


Finally, you must understand that many in the
Bush Administration felt that Iraq was in some way tied to the 9/11 terror attacks. 
They felt that leaving Hussein in power in Iraq would leave the US vulnerable to further
attacks.


It was largely for these three reasons that the US
invaded Iraq in 2003.  The US felt that Hussein was a "loose cannon" who had WMD and
might use them to destabilize the region or even to attack
America.

what happensn when a star dies in the battle with the black thing? why is the danger greatest for Charles Wallace?

In the novel A Wrinkle in Time, a
star battles the Black Thing and partially obliterates the darkness. However, in doing
so, the star dies. Charles Wallace, who has the gift of being able to enter people's
minds, attempts to also obliterate the Black Thing by going into its mind to understand
it. In doing so, however, Charles loses his sense of self and becomes trapped, almost
completely under the control of the Black Thing. It was his perceptive gift of being
able to completely read other people's minds that made him the most
vulnerable.

Saturday, January 23, 2016

What does Aristotle mean by pleasure proper to tragedy?

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Poetics by Aristotle: we
must not demand of Tragedy any and every kind of pleasure, but only that which is proper
to it ....



In Aristotle's
Ethics (VII.11-14 and X.1-5), he describes
pleasure as (1) necessary to human life, (2) not solely derived
from the senses, and (3) the outgrowth or product of excellent activity, and (4) not
something to be sought deliberately as it is a product not an originating cause. Having
said this, compare Aristotle's idea of pleasure to our usual
contemporary understanding of
pleasure:


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American Heritage
Dictionary

pleasure:
1. The state or feeling of being
pleased or gratified.
2. A source of enjoyment or
delight



While there is
nothing here to contradict Aristotle, our contemporary understanding of
pleasure is devoid of the philosophical element and renders it more
akin to an emotion like joy or happiness.


When Aristotle
uses pleasure in reference to tragedy, he is speaking in
philosophical terms and not according to our current concept. Remembering that
pleasure comes as the product of
excellent activity that is fulfilled without hindrance or opposition, consider viewing a
tragedy as an activity.


Viewing a Greek tragedy might well
be considered an excellent activity as they were excellently crafted with high, elevated
diction and objectives. Therefore, by definition, a Greek tragedy may produce pleasure.
Further, a tragedy has qualities particular to it that are equally out of accord with
comedy and monstrousness. The sensation duly associated with tragedy is to be that of
the terrible. The appropriate product of pleasure would, as
Aristotle states, then be pity and fear. In other words, if one
feels pity for the characters, particularly the tragic hero, if one feels fear for the
heroes ultimate end, one has engaged in an excellent activity that has
produced pleasure proper to
tragedy
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Those who employ spectacular means to create a
sense not of the terrible but only of the monstrous, are strangers to the purpose of
Tragedy; for we must not demand of Tragedy any and every kind of pleasure, but only that
which is proper to it. And since the pleasure which the poet should afford is that which
comes from pity and fear through
imitation, it is evident that this quality must be impressed upon the incidents.
(Poetics by
Aristotle)


Friday, January 22, 2016

How have observations of the sky enabled humans to explore and travel? These are the questions: How have observations of the sky enabled humans...

Diana, you can only ask one question at a time. I will
tackle the first part of your question here.


Observations
of the sky allowed explorers to mark the passage of time both in hours and through the
months of the year. Early astronomers also realized that the night sky does not look the
same from different places on the Earth. This led to the realization that careful
astronomical observation would make it possible to figure out where on the surface of
the Earth you were. This allowed for travelers to set out on an exploration knowing that
they would be able to find their way back home.


Another
important piece of information that astronomy imparted was the idea that the Earth was
round. The ancient Greeks not only knew the href="http://www-istp.gsfc.nasa.gov/stargaze/Scolumb.htm">Earth was round,
they also estimated its radius pretty accurately. Having this information increased the
number of explorers, because they did not, contrary to popular belief, fear falling "off
the edge" of the planet.

Thursday, January 21, 2016

Trace the action of the gloves in "The Secret Life of Walter Mitty."

The gloves in this excellent short story only actually
occur once, and are used to trigger off another one of Walter Mitty's famous daydreams,
but also are used to reveal more of the character of Walter Mitty and the kind of weak,
spineless man he actually is. Consider how these gloves are first
introduced:


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"Why don't you wear your gloves? Have you lost
your gloves?" Walter Mitty reached in a pocket and brought out the gloves. He put them
on, but after she had turned and gone into the building and he had driven on to a red
light, he took them off again. "Pick it up, brother!" snapped a cop as the light
changed, and Mitty hastily pulled on his gloves and lurched
ahead.



The way in which he
has to be reminded about the gloves by his wife almost suggests that he is a child being
told to dress warmly by his mother, and this is an impression that is supported by the
childish way in which he takes them off when she leaves. When he is challenged by
another authority figure, he puts them on again, as if to cement his own weakness and
the way that he is not a strong character and allows others to dominate him. The gloves
also allow him to daydream about being a famous heart surgeon in the next
daydream.

Would Jefferson's vision of democratically-elected United States government work better or worse than the republic which we have today?

Thomas Jefferson wanted to see a more limited executive
than we have today.  He wanted a system in which a democratically elected Congress would
have more power than the current Congress does.  This system would have been more like
that of modern Britain in which there is not an executive branch that is separate from
the legislative.


Of course, there would be pros and cons to
such a system instead of what we now have.  On the pro side, such a system would be less
likely to result in the gridlock that we currently see.  We have a Congress that is part
Democratic and part Republican with a Democratic president in the White House.  What
that has gotten us is a government that cannot agree on what to do in a time that seems
to demand action.  That is, one can argue, a significant drawback of our system.  In
that way, we could say Jefferson's system would have been
superior.


On the other hand, Jefferson's system would not
have offerred the same kinds of checks and balances that our system has.  It would allow
the government to act much more quickly, but that might not be such a good thing.  Maybe
it is better that we have a government that has a hard time acting quickly because that
makes it harder for the government to do anything that is a really bad idea.  In this
way, you could say our system is better because it prevents the government from acting
rashly.

What is the time for the events of the entire book of Wuthering Heights?

The plot of Emily Bronte's novel  Wuthering
Heights
can be traced back to the year 1500 where presumably the name of the
first Hareton Earnshaw is set in stone as the first tenant of the manor. However, the
events that take place in the story begin on or around 1771, when Mr. Earnshaw brings
the gypsy foundling, Heathcliff, to live in Wuthering Heights as a member of the family
along with Mr. Earnshaw's children Catherine and
Hindley.


The story of Catherine and Heathcliff's
complicated childhood relationship extends all the way to 1777 when Mr. Earnshaw dies
and Hindley becomes lord of the manor, abusing and humiliating Heathcliff until the
latter escapes. Three years later, he returns to see Catherine marrying Edgar
Linton.


Heathcliff is not a rich man,but a changed man. His
only goal is to take revenge on those who humiliated him once. Catherine, Heathcliff's
love, dies a year or two after his return, leaving him a completely broken
man.


As Heathcliff's character ages, his anger intensifies.
It is at the break of the next century that he takes over Thrushcross Grange. It is 1801
when he had taken young Catherine (Catherine's daughter) basically hostage and makes her
marry his son, Linton. It is when Edgar Linton (Catherine's father) dies, and then after
his own son Linton dies, that then Heathcliff can call himself master of the
grange.


The story, which is told from the anecdotal
accounts of Nelly, comes to the "present" time when Lockwood is sick and comes to stay
at the Grange. By this time the year is 1802. Lockwood now knows the whole story of
Heathcliff. The story ends a year later with the expected marriage of young Catherine
and Hareton Earnshaw- This basically closes the circle of the Lintons, Heathcliff, and
the Earnshaws. In all, the story of their lives covers over 40
years.


As far as the location of the story, we know that it
first begins at Thrushcross Grange when Lockwood arrives in 1801 having rented the
Grange. His landlord, Heathcliff himself, is a rich but wretched man who lives in
isolation at Wuthering Heights.  Both homes are isolated manors in the middle of
nowhere. Both places display elements of Gothic literature: An atmosphere of darkness,
coldness, dampness, nostalgia, melancholy, and longing.  Both places hold mysteries and
stories to tell, and in both places there has been a major
loss.


Therefore, the length of time of the story and the
state of isolation in which most of the story develops affects the central theme of the
story in bringing the Gothic aspect of the narrative to a very descriptive
level.

the difference between management and administration

Administration has to do with the setting up of objectives
and crucial policies of every organization. What is understood by management, however,
is the act or function of putting into practice the policies and plans decided upon by
the administration.


Administration is a determinative
function, while href="http://www.differencebetween.net/business/differences-between-management-and-marketing/">management
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administration makes the href="http://www.differencebetween.net/business/difference-between-urgent-and-important/">important
decisions of an enterprise in its entirety, whereas management makes the
decisions within the confines of the framework, which is set up by the
administration.


Administration is the top level, whereas
management is a middle level activity


Administrators are
usually found in government, military, religious and educational organizations.
Management is used by business enterprises.


In
administration, the planning and organizing of functions are the key factors, whereas,
so far as management is concerned, it involves motivating and controlling
functions.


Administration usually handles the business
aspects, such as href="http://www.differencebetween.net/business/difference-between-economics-and-finance/">finance
. It may be defined as a system of efficiently organizing people and
resources, so as to make them successfully pursue and achieve common goals and
objectives.


Management is really a subset of
administration, which has to do with the technical and mundane facets of an
organization’s operation.

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Why was Alexander the Great a true leader of the Western Civilization?Why was Alexander The Great a true leader of the Western Civilization? Any...

As a military leader, Alexander the
Great
(356 B.C.-323 B.C.) was undefeated in battle, conquering the
Persians and stretching his empire from the Adriatic Sea to the Indus River. He became a
hero akin to the ancient Greeks such as Achilles and Odysseus. He is the general from
which all other commanders are measured, and his tactics are still taught in military
academies around the world. But his true legacy became evident in the cultural diversity
that he brought to the conquered lands.


Alexander's spread
of what became known as Hellenization (the Greek language and
culture into the Persian Empire) existed for centuries, instilling Athenian-influenced
education, art, government and town planning throughout his new lands. Alexander also
greatly influenced the Roman Empire and was revered by Julius Caesar and Pompey the
Great. His legacy even stretched to India, where Greek culture meshed and flourished
with local traditions, even serving as an inspiration for Buddhism. Other testaments of
Alexander's cultural legacy can be seen in the many temples erected in such places as
Delphi, Delos and Ilium; the building of roads, ports and shipyards in North Africa; and
the building of cities where he could


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"transplant of populations from Asia to
Europe and in the opposite direction from Europe to Asia, in order to bring the largest
continent to common unity and to friendship by means of intermarriage and family
ties."


Discuss Wordsworth's theory of poetry as propounded by him in his "Preface to Lyrical Ballads."

William Wordsworth in his “Preface” to the
Lyrical Ballads, outlines a theory of poetry that involves a number
of different assumptions, including the
following:


  • Pleasure in poetry results, in part,
    from “vivid sensation” and from language that is close to real
    speech.

  • Good poetry can deal with “incidents and
    situations from common life,” especially when such “ordinary things” and “presented to
    the mind in an unusual way.”

  • Effective poetry can deal
    with the “beautiful and permanent forms of nature,” including the “great and simple
    affections” of human nature.

  • Wordsworth was deliberately
    not trying to present the kinds of “personifications of abstract ideas” common in early
    poetry.

  • Effective poetry can be written when its
    language is close to the “language of prose.”

  • A poet
    is

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a man speaking to men: a man, it is true, endued
[that is, “endowed”] with more lively sensibility, more enthusiasm and tenderness, who
has a greater knowledge of human nature, and a more comprehensive soul, than are
supposed to be common among mankind; a man pleased with his own passions and volitions,
and who rejoices more than other men in the spirit of life that is in him . . .
.



  • Poets are more
    likely to be moved by memories of absent things than other people
    are.

  • Poets have a greater capacity for expressing what
    they think and feel, especially when relying on their imaginations and
    memories.

  • The
    poet,

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singing a song in which all human beings join
with him, rejoices in the presence of truth as in our visible friend and hourly
companion.



  • Poetry
    has the ability to unite human beings in shared thoughts and feelings despite
    superficial differences of language, laws, customs, and
    geography.

  • In one of the most famous sentences he ever
    composed, Wordsworth asserts that

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poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful
feelings: it takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility . .
.



Wordsworth’s theory of
poetry has much in common with the theory propounded many centuries earlier in his
treatise On the Sublime.  Both men thought of poetry as a kind of
lofty, ennobling, almost spiritual force that draws upon and appeals to the best aspects
of human nature.

Tuesday, January 19, 2016

Please give information on Harappan civilisationof the Indus Valley.

The Harappan Civilization is the earliest known
civilization in the Indus River Valley of India. The name is derived from Harappa, one
of the cities in the area. The people who comprised that society were known as
Dravidians. Little is known of the society as their language has not yet been
deciphered, and many of their cities and other artifacts are under water. What is known
is that the society was relatively complex. Its cities had roads and streets built on a
grid system; there were at least two major cities with walls, a citadel and granary; and
that they were among the first civilizations to domesticate chickens. There is evidence
of trade with other early civilizations in Mesopotamia and that considerable wealth was
accrued. Many homes had showers and flush toilets that emptied into a central sewer
system, something not frequently seen in early societies. There is no concrete
information on their religious practice, but it appears to involve some type of
fertility practice with a deity represented by a bull.


The
society apparently declined as a result of deforestation as land was cleared to grow
food for a growing population. The land in the area today still requires extensive
irrigation to be arable.

Monday, January 18, 2016

In The Wonderful Wizard of Oz, why does the writer uses the colour green to describe the Emerald City?

I am not entirely sure how I should approach answering
this question. The Emerald City in this childhood classis is described with the colour
green because the emerald is a precious stone whose colour is a shade of green that is
notable for its brightness. Often it can have a slightly bluish tinge, however the
overwhelming impression is that of green. So, just imagine you were going to visit a
city that is entirely made out of emerald. What would strike you most of all is the
cumulative colour green in everything. Thus the Emerald City is green and green is used
so much to describe it because the emerald itself, as a precious stone, is green, and
famous for its translucent nature. We can obviously only imagine what it would have been
like to approach the Emerald City, but we can guess it would have been pretty amazing
for Dorothy and friends, and very dazzling.

pls,help!! show the inequality f(x,y,z)> or=3 is truef(x,y,z)=squareroot(x^2-2xsinz-4cosz+5)+squareroot(y^2-2ysinz-6cosz+10) i don't have a clue...

Use the  formula which expresses fundamental identity of
trigonometry: (sin z)^2+(cos z)^2=1 and write
x^2-2xsinz-4cosz+5=x^2-2xsinz-4cosz+4+1=x^2-2xsinz-4cosz+4+(sin z)^2+(cos
x)^2


Use perfect squares to express (x^2-2xsinz+(sin
z)^2)+((cos z)^2-4cosz+4)=(x-sin z)^2+(cos z -2)^2.


Write
y^2-2ysinz-6cosz+10=y^2-2ysinz-6cosz+9+1=y^2-2ysinz-6cosz+9+(sin z)^2+(cos
z)^2


Use perfect squares to express (y^2-2ysinz+(sin
z)^2)+((cos z)^2-6cosz+9)=(y-sin z)^2+(cos z -3)^2.


Use the
results to express f(x,y,z).


f(x,y,z)=sqrt((x-sin
z)^2+(cos z -2)^2)+sqrt((y-sin z)^2+(cos z -3)^2).


Use
Minkowsky's
inequality:


sqrt(m^2+n^2)+sqrt(p^2+q^2)>=sqrt((m^2+p^2)+(n^2+q^2))


Write
f(x,y,z) with regard to Minkowsky's
inequality:


f(x,y,z)=sqrt((x-sin z)^2+(cos z
-2)^2)+sqrt((y-sin z)^2+(cos z -3)^2)

Sunday, January 17, 2016

What is the role of immortality in this poem?

In Emily Dickinson's poem "Because I could not stop for
Death", immortality plays an important role.


Death is
personified in the poem. What this means is that Death is given characteristics, or
abilities, which are typically possessed by humans alone. When something is personified,
it is non-human or non-living. The object is given characteristics typical to those
which only mankind can possess.


That being said, the role
of immortality, personified as well, must "go along" for the ride" given women of the
time were not allowed to be with a "man" alone if not married to
him.


Therefore, the role of immortality is one of a
chaperon. There is a deeper meaning to this though. Death must always be partnered with
Death given that Death is the one who determines immortality. One can only remain
immortal if Death refuses to take them.

When Winston Smith is captured in Part 3 of 1984, what is his serial number?

The answer to this can be found right at the beginning of
Part 3, Chapter 1.  The answer is that Winston's serial number is "6079 Smith
W."


What is interesting about this is that this is not a
number that is given to him when he gets captured.  Instead, it is a number that has
been his throughout the book.  We see it used for the first time in Part 1, Chapter 3. 
There, the fitness instructor on the telescreen uses it.  This is a way of showing us
how the whole society is like one giant prison.  People are so unfree in everyday life
that they don't even need a new number when they are literally
imprisoned.

Saturday, January 16, 2016

What causes alienation and what are its effects in To Kill a Mockingbird?Tthis is a question dealing with To Kill a Mockingbird and The Absolutely...

Racism and intolerance of others are just two reasons for
the alienation of some characters in To Kill a Mockingbird. The
Negro population is alienated from most of the white populace of Maycomb simply because
of the color of their skin and the prevailing segregationist views of the times. Dolphus
Raymond is an outcast among Maycomb's white citizens because he (a white man) prefers
the company of Negroes and has a black mistress. Miss Caroline and the Misses Tutti
& Frutti are shunned because they come from Northern Alabama--and because Tutti
& Frutti are deaf, spinsters, and Republicans. The Radleys are scorned because
of the past events that have occurred between Boo and his father; Boo and his brother
are anti-social, and the rest of Maycomb responds to them in a like manner. The
Cunninghams and Ewells are alienated because of their poverty and their geographical
locale: The Cunninghams live in Old Sarum, well outside of Maycomb; and the Ewells live
adjacent to the town dump. Dill is alienated from his parents for other reasons. His
mother and  father(s) would rather spend their time together alone--without
Dill--preferring to shower him with gifts and send him to Maycomb each summer instead of
showing him the love and attention that he so desires.

Friday, January 15, 2016

In The Picture of Dorian Gray, is the person that Dorian Gray is attracted to similiar to the people Oscar Wilde was attracted to?

Let us be very careful here. Oscar Wilde was infamous for
his homosexuality, which was a criminal offence during his life, and for which her
served a term in jail after a trial that was very public. Although he was married, it is
clear that he only really felt sexual attraction for other men, and was involved with a
series of rent boys as well as, famously, the son of a nobleman, called Bosie. In his
fiction, however, because of the contemporary laws, he was unable to make explicit
reference to homosexuality, and so instead we are told that Dorian Gray has very strong
"friendships" with other young men that are very intense but then suddenly fade away,
leaving the young man in question hating Dorian Gray and trying to avoid him. The one
meaningful relationship that Dorian Gray develops with Sibyl Vane is actually based on
illusion and art, rather than reality, as is brutally shown when Sibyl herself exchanges
her artistic talent for the reality of her relationship and love for Dorian. However,
Oscar Wilde was certainly not bisexual and therefore would not have been sexually
attracted to Sibyl Vane in the way that Dorian Gray was. Therefore, the answer to this
question is that Dorain Gray and his creator shared similar sexual urges in terms of
their homosexuality, but this was something that the laws of the day meant that Oscar
Wilde was unable to make explicit in the pages of this novel.

How do Rob's previous relationships affect his relationship with Laura in High Fidelity?

In High Fidelity, protagonist Rob is
a middle-aged slacker who owns his own record store but has no overarching purpose in
life. He has left his first career choice of DJ to pursue both a safe job and his
current girlfriend, Laura. At the beginning of the book, Laura breaks up with Rob for
another man, leading him to reevaluate his previous
relationships.


All of Rob's previous girlfriends, from
grade-school on, have either left him, or been left by him. He has no satisfactory
answer to the burning question of why, so he visits each of them to
discover their reasons.


Ultimately, Rob discovers three
things: (1) he has a crippling fear of commitment, (2) he was always oblivious to their
needs, and (3) he acted emotionally instead of
rationally.


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“Maybe we all live life at too high a pitch,
those of us who absorb emotional things all day, and as mere consequence we can never
feel merely content: we have to be unhappy, or ecstatically, head-over-heels happy, and
those states are difficult to achieve within a stable, solid relationship.” -- High
Fidelity



As he meets with and
is "absolved," in his mind, by each girlfriend in turn, he cycles through stages of
denial. First he thinks that fate decides all. Then he thinks that he was rebuffed by
frigidity. Then he thinks he won a conquest with no other goal than victory; that he
wasn't good enough for a perfect girl; and finally that an average girl wanted something
more than himself, the average guy.


Each experience gives
him new insight into his part in the breakups. In each case, he cared more for his own
feelings than theirs, and felt himself incapable, at an unconscious level, of making the
sort of honest commitment that he now craves from
Laura.


When Laura's father dies, her uncertain feelings for
Rob become resolved in her mind. She takes the initiative in getting Rob off his
slacker's throne and back into his first real love, a love he abandoned because of his
fear of commitment: disc jockeying at clubs. With her insights, and his new outlook, he
finally decides to make the choice he wouldn't before: commit to Laura not as a missing
piece of himself or a trophy, but as a whole person with desires and feelings, one who
needs his emotional support more than anything else.

Thursday, January 14, 2016

Describe in a paragraph Atticus from To Kill a Mockingbird.

Attorney Atticus Finch is the most respected man in
Maycomb: As the moral conscience of the town, he is the person people turn to when they
need advice or have a problem. A single parent, Atticus spends as much time as possible
with his children, and he hopes that they, too, will turn to him when they need advice.
He does give them a great deal of independence, however, and though the Depression
allows them to have few luxuries, Atticus' children are never wanting for necessities.
Atticus stresses a good education and a tolerant outlook toward other people. He avoids
gossip, and he is colorblind when it comes to race: He treats white people and black
people equally and, according to Miss Maudie, he acts


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 "... the same in his house as he is on the
public streets."



A humble man
who respects the privacy of others, Atticus' outlook toward humanity is a positive one,
and he always tries to see the good in others. He even shows a bit of sympathy toward
the Ewell family, whose patriarch, Bob, threatens Atticus and tries to kill his
children. He understands Bob's actions, knowing that


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"You never really understand a person until you
consider things from his point of view--until you climb into his skin and walk around in
it."


Wednesday, January 13, 2016

What motivates the father to survive versus the son?

There are two things that keep the father motivated to
survive in contrast to the son.  The first is that he has experienced the world before
the disaster.  He has knowledge of the pre-apocalyptic world unlike the son who was
in-utero when disaster struck.  He may have some hope that the old world will be
restored in some form.  One of the events though that seems to contradict this is his
willingness to leave behind some important remnants of civilization.  At one point he
sits down on the side of the road and empties his wallet.  He leaves the contents
(including a picture of his wife) behind.  He can't imagine a world in which a driver's
license or money or credit cards would ever be worth anything
again.


The most important reason though for the father to
survive is his son.  He tells his son that they "carry the fire," a symbol for goodness
or hope.  The father is in constant state of vigilance in order to keep his son alive
and headed for the coast.  Without the presence of the boy, the man would probably have
long ago taken his own life as his wife did.  He survives so that his son, and
everything he represents, will survive.

In Sophocles' Oedipus at Colonus, is Oedipus a victim or a tragic hero?

In some sense, Oedipus might be seen as a victim; although
he does not allow himself to be victimized. His two sons, Eteocles and Polyneices, are
trying to get Oedipus to choose which one of them he will support in the war over the
kingship of Thebes. The sons try various tactics to gain that support, but neither one
is successful as Oedipus rejects them both.


As for the
issue of whether Oedipus is a tragic hero, there is no doubt about the truth of this
statement. One thing we need to keep in mind about the term "hero" is that this has a
different meaning with respect to literature than it does in modern American society. In
modern society, a hero is someone we want to be like, someone we admire. In literature,
though, the hero is the focal point of the work. Obviously, no sane person would want to
be like Oedipus.


In the century after Oedipus at Colonus
was first produced, the Greek philosopher Aristotle, in the
Poetics, offered a definition that today is frequently cited as
being what we call the "tragic hero." For Aristotle, the "tragic hero" was someone who
was noble, famous, who experienced a change from good fortune to bad fortune, and whose
story would arouse pity and fear in the audience. One of the mythical figures whom
Aristotle often mentions as fitting this definition is
Oedipus.


So, Oedipus certainly fits the definition for
tragic hero. I'm not so sure he is a victim of anything other than a cruel
fate.

Tuesday, January 12, 2016

Please give a summary of Act IV scene 1 of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

This scene features a series of awakenings, as the
characters who have experienced the midsummer night dream wake up and return to reality.
Before this, however, we return to Bottom who is shown to be a very demanding person
through the ridiculous requests he makes of the fairies. He and Titania fall asleep
together and Oberon and Puck appear whilst they are asleep. Oberon tells Puck that he
has now gained the changeling that was the cause of the quarrel between him and Titania,
and he expresses his intention of removing the enchantment from her. He does so, and
then wakes her up, and Titania falls instantly in love with her husband and immediately
abhors Bottom. Oberon tells Puck to remove the ass's head from Bottom. Puck does this
and Titania causes Bottom and the four Athenian lovers to fall into a deep, enchanted
sleep.


Then Theseus, Hippolyta, and Egeus appear, hunting
in the countryside. The sound of the horns awake the five sleepers, and Theseus wonders
who they arrived in the woods. Theseus tries to find out the truth, but only receives
vague, equivocal answers. Lysander remembers his reason for going into the woods, nut
nothing else. Egeus is of course extremely angry to hear about this and demands justice,
but the situation is saved by Demetrius declaring that he no longer wishes to marry
Hermia as he loves Helena. Theseus eagerly seizes upon this solution and declares that
the two couples will marry as part of his own marriage to
Hippolyta.


The Athenian lovers remain unsure about the
reality or otherwise of their dreams and are ordered to go to the temple, and leave,
continuing to talk of their dreams. Bottom awakes and ruminates about his dream,
declaring that he will get Quince to turn it into a ballad to be sung at the end of the
play the craftsmen will perform.

Sunday, January 10, 2016

Do you agree that Eliza in Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion represents the new woman?

I would have to say that I disagree that Eliza, from
Shaw's Pygmalion represents the new
woman.


Eliza does not wish to change herself until it is
brought to her attention that she needs to be changed. Therefore, she does not represent
the new woman because the new woman makes this decision on her
own.


The new woman is a strong woman who does not need the
guidance or help of another in order to better herself. She possesses the inner strength
and determination to decide what her own weaknesses are and the need to change them. She
does not need to be told to do so.


Also, Eliza was shocked
to find that Higgin's loses interest in her after the bet has been won. The new woman
does not depend, or rely upon, another to need her. She is strong enough to stand on her
own two feet and support herself.

what is the equation for: find two consecutive odd integers whose sum is 116?

Let the first odd integer be
N.


Then, the next consecutive integer is
(N+2).


Given that the sum of the integers is
116.


Then, we will write:


 N +
(N+2)= 116


Now we will simplify and solve the
equation.


==> N+ N + 2 =
116


==> 2N + 2 =
116


Now we will solve for
N.


Subtract 2 from both
sides.


==> 2N = 116-2 =
114


==> 2N = 114


Now we
will divide by 2.


==> N =
57


Then, the next consecutive integer is 57+2 =
59.


Then, the integers are: 57 and
59

Pope Julius II is called the "warrior pope." What does this show about the Church's role in Italy's turmoil?

Pope Julius II is called the "Warrior Pope" because he is
the only pope ever to lead troops into battle.  The fact that he did this shows how much
the Church was involved in Italian politics.


During this
time, the Pope was not simply the head of a church, but also the temporal ruler of the
Papal States.  The Papal States were one of the many little states that made up what we
now call Italy.  All of these states were jockeying with each other for increased
power.  In the course of these competitions, they would also bring in foreign powers
like France.  Therefore, there was a great deal of conflict going on between various
states at essentially all times.


The Church itself (as a
spiritual entity) was also deeply involved in these conflicts.  The Pope would, for
example, use his power as the head of the Church to try to advance his temporal goals. 
He used his power of excommunication against King Louis of France at one point in an
attempt to weaken France and its allies.  At the same time, these allies were trying to
overthrow him and set up a new pope.


In these ways, it is
clear that religious and secular concerns were very much tied up with one another.  This
helped to create the turmoil that wracked Italy during this
time.

In chapter eighteen, how does Hester prove her words to Arthur? ?The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne

Having met Arthur Dimmesdale in the forest because she is
determined to speak with the minister about the treachery of Roger Chillingworth, Hester
Prynne begs his forgiveness for not having revealed Chillingworth's true identity. As
Dimmesdale is perplexed about what action he should take, he asks Hester to "Resolve for
me!"  She chastises him for his weakness and asks him if his world is only in "yonder
town."  Hester suggests that he let the sea take him back to England, but Dimmesdale
cannot bear the thought of going alone.  Hester then answers, "Thou shall not go
alone!"


Having promised to accompany him, Hester then looks
into the minister's face with hope and joy."Thou wilt go!" Hester calmly tells
Dimmesdale. After saying this, Dimmesdale is elated and feels resurrected with renewed
powers.



"Let
us not look back," answered Hester Prynne.  "The past  is gone!  Wherefore should we
linger upon it now?  See!  With this symbol I undo it all, and make it a if it had never
been!"



Hester undoes the
clasp that holds the scarlet letter to her bosom, and she casts it into the forest where
it lands near the little brook by which Pearl has been playing. Relieved of the burden
of her sin, Hester feels freedom from its weight and a womanly radiance comes over her
as she removes her cap and allows her hair to fall.  As she does so, it seems that the
richness of her womanly beauty returns to Hester.

Saturday, January 9, 2016

In Chapter 20 of To Kill a Mockingbird, Mr. Raymond says things haven't caught up with Dill's instinct yet. What things does he mean?Kids like...

The prosecutor's cross-examination of Tom Robinson was too
much for Dill, who began crying in the balcony of the courtroom. Scout led him outside
for a breather, where they met Dolphus Raymond. Raymond settled Dill's stomach a bit
with a swig of Coca-Cola and some soothing reassurances. When Scout asked why Raymond
had "entrusted us with his deepest secret"--that the bottle in the sack actually
contains no whiskey--he told them that they were innocent enough to understand. In a few
years, Raymond said, Dill wouldn't cry so easily about such matters. Life would later
harden him:


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"Let him get a little older and he won't get sick
and cry... you haven't seen enough of the world
yet."


Thursday, January 7, 2016

Please comment on the final line of "The Road Not Taken," in particular analysing the use of the word "difference."

The poem is symbolically all about choice, and the choice
in particular of this speaker to take "the road less travelled by" and the way that this
is actually a major decision in his life that impacts the way that the rest of his life
will run. The final stanza in its entirety cements the symbolic significance of this
poem. Whilst the poet is literally talking about a walk through the woods and the way
that he had to choose between two roads, at the same time, the importance that this
decision is given, and the way that we are told that he will be retelling this
experience "Somewhere ages and ages hence" points towards a deeper symbolic
significance. Frost is using the paths in the forest as a kind of symbol for the massive
decisions that we must make in life at times.


The final
line therefore, in the way that it focuses on the massive "difference" that choosing one
path, or one option, over another can make, helps indicate this symbolic significance
and illustrates the theme of the poem. Our choices can make "all the difference," and
often one choice that may or may not seem very significant can have profound
ramifications on our future and where we end up.

What is attitude and what are its components? How is attitude different from behaviour? With the help of an example, explain attitudinal...

There are three components of attitude.: href="http://www.blurtit.com/q9315774.html">Cognitive component:It refers
that's part of attitude which is related in general know how of a person, for example,
he says smoking is injurious to health: Effective component:This part of attitude is
related to the statement which affects another person. For example, in an href="http://www.blurtit.com/q781137.html">organization a personal report
is given to the general manager. In report he point out that the sale staff is not
performing their due responsibilities.: Behavioral Component:The behavioral component
refers to that part of attitude which reflects the intension of a person in short run or
in long run.


Attitude and behavior are two quite different
things. Attitude is a person's inner thoughts and feelings, while behavior is usually an
outward expression of attitude, but the two are not always related. For instance,
psychopaths are people whose attitudes are composed of low morality. However, this does
not mean that they always commit immoral acts. Psychopaths are usually intelligent, so
they know that even though there will be no moral consequences for them, there will
still be legal consequences to deal with. This knowledge, in addition to their attitude,
governs their behavior. When a person's attitude and behavior differ, dissonance will
likely result, and a change in attitude or behavior will be the probable
outcome.

I need explanation of these lines from "My Last Duchess".She rode with round the terrace all and each Would draw from her alike the approving...

The Duke acknowledges that he lacks skill in expresssing
himself. He says, "Even had you skill in speech which I have not..." Therefore his
entire explanation of what he objected to in his wife's behavior is difficult to
understand. He did not complain to his wife about her democratic and friendly manners
for several different reasons. He couldn't express himself. He felt she might fail to
understand him if he did managed to express himself adequately. He was afraid she would
argue with him, which was something he couldn't tolerate. He was afraid she wouldn't
change even if she did understand him. And finally, he himself seems perfectly well
aware that his fault-finding is unjust. She is a better person than he is, by far, and
he wants to be a better person than her or than anybody. But there is nothing admirable
about this man. He tries to be cordial, but he is hopelessly arrogant. He thinks he is
noble, but he is ignorant and vulgar, as shown in the fact that he cannot even express
his thoughts clearly. He thinks of himself as a connoisseur of art, but all he knows is
how much things cost and the impression they make on other people. He had a beautiful
young wife who was nearly perfect in every respect, and he could not understand or
appreciate her--although everybody else loved and admired her. She was getting the
attention and adulation he wanted for himself.

Wednesday, January 6, 2016

How does Shakespeare bring together the contrasting images of light and dark in Romeo and Juliet?

One place in which images of light and
darkness
are merged is in the famous
balcony scene. In particular, images of the
sun
are used as images of light, while images of
nighttime
, like the moon, are used as images of darkness. Shakespeare
uses the images of light and darkness for several reasons. One reason is to
symbolize the sexuality that is a dominant
theme
.

Romeo's feelings of sexual
attraction for Juliet
are especially expressed using light
and dark images
in his opening soliloquy in
Act 2, Scene 2. He compares Juliet to the sun in order to
capture her beauty, as we see in his lines, "What light through yonder window breaks? /
It is the East, and Juliet is the sun!" (2-3). Since the sun is the brightest object in
the sky, comparing her to the sun describes her beauty as being glorious and bright,
just like the sun.

More importantly, he also uses
nighttime imagery to express his sexual desires for Juliet.
He uses an extended metaphor likening Juliet to the moon's
handmaiden
, telling her in his mind to kill the moon and cease being her
handmaiden. The moon literally refers to the Roman goddess Diana, goddess of the moon
and childbirth who is especially known for her vow of chastity. Hence, when he tells her
in his mind to cease being the moon's handmaiden, he is really telling her to
give up her chastity, which we especially see in his lines,
"[the moon's] vestal livery is but sick and green, And none but fools do wear it. Cast
it off" (8-9). Since vestal livery can be translated as virginal uniform or clothing,
Romeo is metaphorically in his mind telling Juliet to cast off her clothing.
The nighttime imagery is especially
significant
because it is typically at nighttime when sexual activity
takes place. Hence these two images of light and darkness combine to paint
a provocative picture
of Shakespeare's ongoing sexual
theme
.

Tuesday, January 5, 2016

How to describe the characterization of Zapo's parents and their role in the play?i would like to know if there is any contrast in the the two...

The characters of Monsieur and Madame Tepan in Fernando
Arrabal's play Picnic on the Battlefieldare meant to represent an
everyday couple who are both loving to their son, and are good, law-abiding citizens.
They are your everyday citizens: Monsieur Tepan is a former war hero, decorated and
quite proud of his work during war. He is a strong believer in the power of the military
and admires both Zapo and Zepo for their service.


Madame
Tepan is sophisticated, eloquent, and seems to be socially aware of the world around
her. She has good manners to the point of showing concern for "not being dead" and
disappointing the corps men. She is overpowering, and does not seem to realize that her
son is a grown men. We know this because of her insistence on checking his teeth to see
how they are doing.


However the differences, the fact
remains that both the Tepans have one quality in common: They are oblivious to
everything and live in oblivion as well. They are an example of a society that accepts
what is placed upon them with no questions asks, as well as a society that pretends that
things are perfectly OK while the world is falling apart around them. This lack of
awareness is more like a social irresponsibility to be in tandem with what the
government and society are really doing to the average citizen. This is the central
message that Arrabal tries to bring with the Tepan marriage.

'Fielding depicts varieties of female characters, belonging to different strata of society, in "Tom Jones" ' Comment on this statement.

Fielding shows a range of attitudes and characterizations
through the women in Tom Jones. The point which is most clearly illustrated is that
characters who are innately good are not made so by their social
position.


The higher class women include Bridget Allworthy,
Lady Bellaston and Arabella Hunt. Each of these ladies has money, and each proves to
have immoral leanings. Bridget is the mother of the hero Tom Jones, though chose to pay
her nurse, Jenny Jones, to take the responsibility and blame for the illegitimate birth.
Lady Bellaston and Arabella Hunt both pursue Tom in unseemly
ways.


Sophia Western, however, is a squire’s daughter like
Bridget, but is chaste, loyal, moral and virtuous throughout the text. She seems to be
an exception to the group in which che operates.


The lower
class women include Jenny Jones, Honour Blackmore and Molly Seagrim. Jenny is revealed
to be a loyal servant as she takes the blame for Bridget’s child, and Honour engineers
to stay at her mistress’ Sophia’s side despite the challenges to her own position. Molly
is more of a passionate individual, who is revealed to be having sexual relations with
both Tom and Mr Square. She has less restraint and decency than the
others.


Mrs Wilkins (Allworthy’s housekeeper) and Mrs
Partridge both enjoy gossip, scandal and cruel judgments on those they choose to condemn
– rightly or not. Mrs Wilkins pursues the unfortunate Jenny and Mrs Partridge ruins her
husband with her misguided jealousy.


Fielding illustrates
through the women that virtue and vice are not confined by sex, class or upbringing:
each individual is guided by their own morality. These characterizations are what makes
the novel such an engaging study in “Human nature”.

Monday, January 4, 2016

What was manifest destiny?In the reading I have it simply states that manifest destiny was a "national priority during the 1800's", but i feel as...

Manifest Destiny was the belief during the mid nineteenth
century that it was God's will that the United States of America should overspread the
entire North American continent. It was first expressed in a newspaper article by John
L. O'Sullivan who wrote:


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Our manifest destiny is to overspread the
continent allotted by Providence fo the free development of our yearly multiplying
millions.



Although it did not
become official government policy, Manifest Destiny played prominently in American
foreign and domestic affairs. It was largely behind several attempts to secure Canada as
part of the United States; was also a factor in the annexation of Texas into the Union,
and was a prominent factor in the Mexican War of 1848. Mexico had broken diplomatic
relations with the U.S. over the annexation of Texas; and was further offended when
President James K. Polk offered to buy California. When the U.S. managed to provoke a
confrontation between the Neuces and Rio Grande rivers, President Polk used the occasion
to deliver a war message to Congress. In the ensuing war, the U.S. not only defeated
Mexico, but also received large portions of the Southwest, including California, Arizona
and New Mexico. Only a small portion of the present lower 48 states remained in Mexican
hands. This was purchased as part of the Gadsden Purchase of 1853; at which point
Manifest Destiny as Americans understood it had been fulfilled.

In All My Sons, how does Arthur Miller present family relationships in crisis?

If I were you, I would want to look at the way that the
disappearance of Larry points towards severe problems within the family, especially in
the way that Kate Keller reacts to the continued disappearance of her son and her firm
belief that he is not dead and will return. Note what she says to Ann and Chris and how
she maintains her belief in his return:


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I know, dear, but don't say it's ridiculous,
because the papers were full of it; I don't know about New york, but there was half a
page about a man missing even longer than Larry, and he turned up from
Burma.



Kate holds on to such
stories and this gives her the belief that Larry cannot have died and that he is still
alive. This of course is a major problem, as it means that Chris and Ann cannot proceed
with their relationship because of Kate's belief. Of course, what we discover is that
the reason Kate is holding on so firmly to Larry being alive is that if she were to
admit that he had died, she would have to admit that her husband was guilty for sending
faulty machine parts to the war and therefore guilty for the death of other pilots like
Larry. The family is definitely shown to be in crisis through
this.

Sunday, January 3, 2016

How were the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution similar?

There really were not very many similarities at all
between the Articles of Confederation and the Constitution that replaced them.  The
people who wrote the Constitution were so unhappy with the way things were under the
Articles that they changed most things about the
government.


The only truly important similarity is that
both documents set up democratic systems of government.  This was a truly important
thing at the time because it was very different from any other form of government.  Both
documents explicitly went away from monarchy, which was the most prevalent system at the
time.


In addition, both documents set up governments that
were in some ways limited.  They both set up systems in which governments were not
allowed to do certain things.  This was an important idea at a time when governments
tended to be able to do whatever they wanted.


There were a
few other similarities, like the fact that the states are not allowed to conduct foreign
policy under either document.  But these similarities are very minor.  The only major
similarity is that both documents create systems in which there are democratically
elected limited governments.

What are 3 minor characters in A Prayer for Owen Meany that impact both Johnny and Owens's lives?

John’s nearest relatives in the novel include his cousins,
Simon, Noah and Hester Eastman. Hester influences the lives of both boys. Of course, she
is close to John since they are related.  Although she is not related to Owen, she
eventually becomes his lover and they care deeply for one
another.


Reverend Louis Merrill also has an impact on both
boys. Owen attends the church services, where the Reverend presides, without his parents
who do not worship with him. He is attentive during the services and has a deeply
religious view of his purpose in life. However, John’s life is most profoundly affected
by Reverend Merrill. After years of searching for his biological father, John discovers
that the Reverend is his lost parent.


Without question,
Tabitha Wheelwright most impacts John and Owen. Owen initially admires her with
child-like infatuation. He adores her and treasures the love and attention that she
shows to him as her son’s best friend. Moreover, her death as a result of his ill-fated
foul ball changes his life course forever. John, too, is changed forever when he loses a
mother who has cared for him and loved him.  Tabitha Wheelwright was the most important
person in the lives of both boys.

Did the Kiowa, the Lep, and the Apaches often work together to drive their enemies from the plains?

Did the student mean drive their enemies from the plains? 
Ebonics in this context does not make sense. This question needs to be clarified before
it can adequately answered.  The Kiowa and some of the Apache did work together and a
group called the Kiowa Apache, emerged from the interaction.  The Kiowa Apache are often
also called the Plains Apaches. They also worked with the Comanche and Cheyenne.  There
is a Lipan tribe of the Plains, also known as the Lipan Apache or the Eastern Apache.
They were traditional enemies of the Commanche, but in the 19th century allied against
the common enemy the settlers of european origins.


These
tribes of the plains while in conflict before pressure from settlers drove them to
cooperate against a common threat.  They cooperated in particular against settlers of
Spain, Mexico, Texas (when independent) and the United States

How does love act as a conduit for marriage in Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice?

In Pride and Prejudice, Austen
explores both how love is a conduit for, or a pathway to,
marriage and how love is actually not a requisite for
marriage.

Both Jane and Elizabeth are
lucky enough to marry men who are both
wealthy and also happen to be men that they
love
. Since the Longbourn estate has been entailed to Mr. Collins as the
next male heir, it falls on Jane's lot, as the eldest daughter, to be sure to marry a
wealthy man in order to ensure that both she and her family are provided for after Mr.
Bennet's death. However, all throughout the book, Jane makes it quite clear that she
cares more than about money when it comes to marriage. She wishes to marry a man she
loves. Hence, it is a very exciting moment in the story when Mr. Bingley takes the
Netherfield estate in their village and turns out not to just be handsome and rich, but,
as Jane expresses it, "He is just what a young man ought to be ... sensible, good
humoured, lively; and I never saw such happy manners!--so much ease, with such perfect
good breeding!" (Ch. 4). However, when Bingley finally does propose, it's really not
just that she loves him that gives her all the happiness she has. It's the fact that he
is wealthy as well and that their marriage will bring
relief to her family, as she states, "Oh! Lizzy, to know that what I have to relate will
give such pleasure to all my dear family! how shall I bear so much happiness!" (Ch. 55).
Hence, while love certainly is a conduit for marriage, it's
not the only conduit, nor is it the most
important.

Austen also shows us the unimportance of love
in marriage
with respect to Charlotte Lucas's
choice
to marry Mr. Collins. While Mr.
Collins is recognizably a ridiculous man, Charlotte decides to marry him strictly out of
practicality and financial security. Charlotte's father's
fortune is not a large one, and Charlotte knows that in order to live comfortably in the
future, she must marry. As Austen states in her narration, Charlotte neither thought
highly of men in general nor of the institute of marriage, but well knew that "it was
the only honourable provision for well-educated young women of small fortune" (Ch. 22).
Not only is Charlotte's fortune small, she is actually described as plain and knows very
well that Mr. Collins's offer will most likely be her only offer. Therefore, through
Charlotte we see that financial security can actually be a
stronger conduit for marriage than
love.

Film: 'Crocodile Dundee' directed by Peter FaimanHow are stereotypical roles upheld and challenged?

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...