What is happening to the colony of Connecticut in The Witch of Blackbird Pond and how does this lead to events in American History?

This book
is set in the colony of Connecticut in 1687.At that time period, Connecticut (as with most of
modern day New England) was heavily influenced by the Puritan lifestyle and religion.The
Puritans were a faction of the Anglican Church in England that felt the Church needed to be
purified, hence Puritans.The purification focused on extravagance vs. simplicity.Eventually the
Puritans are forced out of England and come to America with a charter for...

"""The road to hell is paved with good intention." How does this quote relate to the novel "Animal Farm"?""

Whenfirst
proposes his vision, it seems like a very possible dream. The animals had never had any leader
but Farmer Jones and he was such a poor example of a leader, that the animals felt nothing could
get worse. Unfortunately, Old Major dies and does not lead his revolution. Instead,and

What is Swift satirizing in Gulliver's Travels?

was one
of the leading satirists in English literature. In , he satirizes many
aspects of literature, politics, religion, and philosophy, even critiquing the "tall
tale" or travel adventure story itself. 

Swift, who became Dean of St.
Patrick's Cathedral in Dublin, was especially concerned with the way that factions within the
Church of England and the opposition of the Anglican Church to Roman Catholicism in Ireland had
a negative effect on the church's greater mission of spreading Christianity and caring for the
poor and oppressed. He viewed many of the...

According to A People's History of the United States racism isn't natural but is caused by "certain conditions." What could those conditions be? "if...

In Chapter
2, Zinn discusses a number of conditions that made for racism.  As Zinn is a Marxist thinker,
the most important of these, to him, is the economic needs of the elites of the
society.

Zinn argues that the planters in the Colonial American South needed
slave labor.  To keep slavery...

Why is it economically not possible for everyone to believe that a market price will increase?

This
statement (that it is not possible for everyone to believe the price will go up) is not true in
all cases.

For example, it is perfectly possible for everyone to believe that
the price of gasoline will be higher in the summer once it is driving season in the United
States.  We know this will happen but it does not cause enough changes in behavior (less
driving, more production) to prevent the price increase.

The statement is,
however, more accurate when it comes to the futures market for commodities.  Many people who
trade on the futures market are speculators.  They are essentially looking to bet on whether the
price of a given commodity will go up or down.  If all speculators were to agree that the price
would go up (and if they were all to agree on how much it would go up) much less trading would
occur.  This is because there must be both supply and demand for trading to occur.  On each
futures contract made for speculative purposes, one side must think the price will go up more
than the other side does.  If both sides agree on how much the price will go up, neither would
make the trade.  It is like trying to bet on a sports event with a friend if you both think the
same team will win by the same margin; neither of you will take the others
bet.

1. In Oedipus Rex, what is the subject of the third ode?

Theof
Theban Elders inare very concerned with keeping the traditional services and supplications to
the gods.  They spend a lot of the play appealing to the gods to remember that they are
"good." They would not defy the oracles nor imagine themselves to be able to decide or
determine their own fate.  In this way, they are set in opposition to the actions ofand , who
both attempt to outwit Fate and the gods by avoiding the prophecy of the Oracle at Delphi which
has predicted that Oedipus will kill his father and marry his mother.

The
Third Ode, which begins at line 864, reiterates this obedience to the will of the gods.  It
begins:

May destiny ever find me

pious
in word and deed

prescribed by the laws that live on high.

It goes on to warn of the tyrant who would see himself as so
powerful he might defy the will of the gods, but that he will only "climb to the roof-top
and plunge/sheer down to the the ruin that must be."  It then continues to decry those who
would set themselves above the will of the gods, setting a curse upon those who would act in so
haughty a fashion. "May an evil doom/smite him for his ill-starred pride of
heart!"

The Ode ends with a warning that suggests that the validity and
sacredness of the oracles, the works of the gods, have been questioned, and , because of this,
"God's service perishes."

Thein this play, and in this Ode, are
warning the audience to stay true to their beliefs and practices.  It is the disobedience to the
will of the gods that will lead  to chaos and ruin.

Suggest some poems that might be easy to analyze.

There are
many poems that are easy to interpret.  Here is a list of some poems that you might
like:

"The Road Not Taken" by Robert
Frost

"Stopping by the Woods on a Snowy Evening" by Robert
Frost

"Cat Speak" by Bobbi Katz

"My First
Best Friend" by Jack Pretulsky

"The Snake" by D. H.
Lawrence

Here is a step-by-step procedure to analyze a
poem:

1. Define any words that you do not know in the poem.

2. Read the poem through more than once.

3. If there were any lines
that you did not understand, re-read those lines again.

4. Write down what
you think that the poem means.

5.  Look for similes or metaphors.

6. Note who is narrating the poem.

7. Is it first or third
person?

8. How does the title relate to the poem?

9. Does
the poet use descriptive words to paint a picture?

10. Does the poem
rhyme?

11.  What kind of poem is it? For example, a sonnet or a lyric
poem.

12. Does the poem have a message to give the reader?

13. Find out about the author.  Is this poem about something in his life?

After spending an hour or so with the poem and finding the answers to these questions,
you should be ready to retell what the poem is saying and what did the poet mean when he wrote
it?

Interpreting poetry should be fun once you have tried it once or twice. 
Remember a poem usually speaks to the heart rather than just the intelligence.  Look for the
emotional aspect of the poem.

 

What is Steinbeck saying about loneliness and isolation in Of Mice and Men?

's novella
speaks directly to both isolation and loneliness.

Curley's wife, who remains unnamed, feels both isolated and lonely. She is the only
woman on the ranch, and the men constantly remind her that she is unwanted. She, essentially, is
isolated because of her gender. Given this isolation, she feels no sympathy from any of the
other people at the ranch. Therefore, her loneliness is obvious. She has no one to talk to or
who relates to her.

Candy is another character who feels isolated and lonely.
As one of the older men on the ranch, the younger men do not seem to see his worth any longer.
His only "friend" is his beloved dog. Unfortunately for him, Carlson complains so much
about the aging dog that Candy allows Carlson to put the dog down. At this moment, Candy feels
as though he has lost his only friend. Because of his age, Candy feels both isolated and
lonely.

In the end, Steinbeck is stating that most people, at some point in
their lives, will feel...

How did the Atlantic slave trade affect the Africans?

Of course,
the major impact of the slave trade was on the individual Africans who were caught up in it. 
They were taken and sold into slavery where the best they could hope for was a decent owner in a
land thousands of miles from their families and everything they had ever known.

On a larger scale, the Atlantic slave trade affected African societies.  It helped to
enrich the rulers of the states that existed along the coast of West Africa (north of the Congo
River and south of the Sahara).  It did this because the Europeans paid these rulers for
permission to set up trading posts and/or for slaves that the rulers captured.

The inland societies were the ones who were hurt the most by this trade. The coastal
societies went inland to get slaves from the tribes that lived there.  Those tribes and states
were affected by having large numbers of people in the prime of life taken away from them.  This
harmed them economically, socially, and culturally.

For much more on this,
please follow the link below.

Discuss two reasons why Old Major is important in the book Animal Farm. Who is Old Major's historical parallel?

is important because
he represents a sort of idealized figure in the text. He is "so highly regarded" at
the Manor Farm that the animals are all quite willing to delay their bedtimes after a long day
at work in order to hear him speak. He is a prize-winning boar whose real name is Willingdon
Beauty (quite an aristocratic-sounding appellation), but he is really all for equality and
inspiring the other animals to stand up for what is right. He champions justice and the downfall
of the corrupt leadership of the farm, led by the drunken and incompetent Mr. Jones.

We might read Vladimir...

What does Winston mean by, "Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two makes four. If that is granted, all else follows"?

In the
Ministry of Truth, whereworks, his job is to manipulate information constantly so that
everything that is disseminated unfailingly supports the Partys view of eventsa view that
changes by the minute, not just by the day. Truth, in this frame of reference, becomes
meaningless: there are no facts, just an endless supply of changes. Winston longs for some solid
ground under his feet. Although he knows that mathematical and physical certainties cannot
really be altered, his entire occupational responsibility makes him claim the
opposite.

Winston is not saying that two and two do not make four. He wants
the freedom to be able to oppose the Partys total control of information. In part, he means that
he wishes he could quit his job and not be complicit in supporting the unceasing distortion of
information. Winston learns the hard way that there are facts: the main fact is that the Party
will never allow anyone the opportunity to challenge its control. The most important word in his
statement thus becomes the if, because the freedom to state a fact is not available to the
people. People do not even have the intellectual freedom to state mathematical
truths.

In The Witch of Blackbird Pond by Elizabeth George Speare, what is Judith Wood's weakness?

Judith's
weaknesses are vanity, pride, and a lack of awareness.

Her vanity is evident
when she sees Kit's fancy clothes.  She becomes consumed by them until her father enters the
room.  When she tries on the peacock blue gown, she "tiptoe[s] across the door, straining
to see herself in the one small dim mirror that [hangs] over a chest"
(, Chapter 4).  Vanity is frowned upon in Puritan Wethersfield.

Judith's pride is evident throughout the novel.  She does not like to admit when she is
wrong.  Judith sets her eyes on John Holbrook.  Kit knows that John is drawn to Mercy.  Judith
is completely unaware of this fact.  Kit notes what will happen if Judith finds out that John
wants to court Mercy instead of her.  She knows that Judith "is so proud. She'll put her
nose in the air and pretend she never had such an idea [about marrying John] in her head"
(Chapter 13).

Her lack of awareness is evident when she assumes John wants to
pursue her romantically.  John seeks to ask her father for permission to court Mercy.  He goes
to the house to speak to Matthew Wood and Judith assumes he is there to court her.  She does not
even let John ask his question.  Instead, she addresses her father about the matter:

"Oh Father, you must have guessed. John doesn't need to tell
you" (Chapter 13).

 Judith's assumption forces John
into a courtship he does not want.  He does not wish to insult Judith or her
family.

In Shakespeare's play, Hamlet, what is Shakespeare saying about the theme appearance vs. reality?

Shakespeare's takes a serious look at the theme of
"appearance vs reality." This theme is a common occurrence in life; in this story,
Shakespeare demonstrates his belief that such behavior can have deadly
results.

"Appearance vs reality" is seen when the King
andencourageto pull himself together regarding Old Hamlet's death. Gertrude asks why his
mourning seems to be so difficult. He responds that it is not something
that "seems:" what she sees is real,
not just for show. Hamlet defies the idea that his actions are
anything but as they appear.

QUEEN GERTRUDE

...Thou know'st 'tis
common; all that lives must die,

Passing through nature to
eternity.

HAMLET

Ay, madam,
it is common.

QUEEN GERTRUDE

If it be,

Why seems it so particular with thee?

HAMLET

Seems, madam! nay it is; I know
not 'seems.'

'Tis not alone my inky cloak, good mother,

Nor customary suits of solemn black,

Nor windy suspiration of forced
breath,

No, nor the fruitful river in the eye,

Nor the
dejected 'havior of the visage,

I have written an essay comparing George Orwell's 1984 and Cormac McCarthy's The Road that focuses on how human spirit overcomes dystopian pressures....

I would say
the chief difference between the two novels is political. The Road is anof
the human spirit coping with hardship and suffering in a situation stripped of any overt
political context. We don't know why a cataclysm has occurred that has wiped out most of
humanity and left the remaining people in a situation of extreme social breakdown and
atomization; we are not even clear as to what the cataclysm was that caused the
catastrophe.

In , in contrast, we get an explicit
explanation of the political context that causes the sufferingandexperience. If McCarthy's
dystopia is the accidental by-product of human mistakes and meant to be a universal symbol of a
cruel universe, 's dystopia has been deliberately planned by a human elite that wants the rest
of humanity to sufferit wants them to experience a human boot forever stamping on their
faces.

What are two main themes in the poem "Bullocky," and how has author conveyed them through use of various literary devices?

This
poem is obviously rooted in biblicaland ideas. The two references to Moses, the "shouted
prayers and prophecies," the "apocalyptic dream," of the journeyall these attest
to the poem's being, at least in one sense, a reenactment of the story of Exodus and the finding
of the promised land. The biblical exodus is used as a paradigm of later treks throughout
history. Though Wright was Australian, Americans can just as easily identify with the poem's
evocation of the exploration of the US West. But to nail the poem down to specifics in this way
is to miss the point, I think.

If we are to identify two themes, I would
choose, first, the need humanity has for change, for an endless striving forward for new things.
The literary device Wright uses is, as stated, theof a man driving a team of bullocks or oxen
across a vast plain. But beyond that is the theme that it is a trek enacted repeatedly, over
many years:

While past the campfire's crimson
ring

the star struck darkness...

How does Gatsby represent the American dream? What does The Great Gatsby have to say about the condition of the American dream in 1920s ?

I think that
one of the majorof the novel is that the American dream has lost its purity.  The author is
using the book to argue that the pure American dream of improving yourself has been lost and
what they now have is a soul-less pursuit of wealth.

represents this process
because his story is supposed to be the American dream -- he rises from poverty to become rich
and famous.  But the way he has done it and his reasons for doing it are not pure at all.  He
has risen by crime, not by hard (legal) work.  And he is not doing it for a good purpose but
rather to get the love of a woman who cares only about money.

Fitzgerald saw
the '20s as a "lost" time in the US.  He thought people were shallow and
materialistic.  You can see that idea in this book.

What is the moral allegory and moral lesson in "Young Goodman Brown"?

Multiple
readings of "" provide the reader with increased, but here are a few that I find most
striking.  Goodman Brown has already failed his conscious by taking the trip...

The term
"romance" is usually associated with love stories, but the definition of the word,
according to the Merriam-Webster online dictionary includes these meanings:

1. a (1) :  a medieval tale based on legend, chivalric
   love and adventure, or the supernatural (2) : a prose narrative treating imaginary
   characters involved in events remote in time or place and usually heroic, adventurous, or
   mysterious 

2. 2:  something
   (as an extravagant story or account) that lacks basis in fact

   
   

When the narrator of "" says that "Romance at short notice
was her specialty" it means that Vera was adept in making up "extravagant"
stories full of mysterious events. No doubt Vera likes that kind of reading material herself. H.
Ryder Haggard's popular Victorian novels would be good examples. Vera is obviously bored with
her confinement in an English country manor and must be indulging in escapism in her reading as
well as in her own imagination. 

 

Vera invents
two stories on the spur of the moment. One she tells her visitor Framton Nuttel when they first
meet. She only has a few minutes before her aunt will appear and take over as hostess. During
that time Vera tells Nuttel how her aunt's husband and two brothers were sucked into a bog three
years ago and never seen again. Her story sets Framton up to believe he is seeing ghosts when
the three men appear outside headed towards the open window. Then at the end Vera invents
another lurid story to explain Framton Nuttel's sudden disappearance.

"A most extraordinary man, a Mr. Nuttel," said Mrs.
Sappleton; "could only talk about his illnesses, and dashed off without a word of goodby or
apology when you arrived. One would think he had seen a ghost."

"I
expect it was the spaniel," said the niece calmly; "he told me he had a horror of
dogs. He was once hunted into a cemetery somewhere on the banks of the Ganges by a pack of
pariah dogs, and had to spend the night in a newly dug grave with the creatures snarling and
grinning and foaming just above him. Enough to make anyone lose their nerve."

Vera is an exceptionally intelligent and creative girl. Yet she
must have gotten some help from her reading when she invented the story about a man being hunted
by a pack of pariah dogs and spending the night in a newly dug grave.

In Coelho's The Alchemist, be specific about how the prologue is related to the rest of the novel.

Theof
Coelho's tells how the alchemist finds a book that tells the story
of...

...Narcissus, a youth who knelt daily beside a lake
to contemplate his own beauty. He was so fascinated by himself that, one morning, he fell into
the lake and drowned.

This section of the novel has
proven to be somewhat confusing for me in the past. The story goes on to report that the lake
where Narcissus contemplated his image for so many hours (and in which he died) weeps for him.
The lake does not weep for the death of Narcissus or
the loss of his beauty:

I weep for Narcissus, but I never
noticed that Narcissus was beautiful.

In fact, the lake
seems to be very much like Narcissus in that she cries because now she will
no longer be able to see how beautiful she is.

I weep because, each time he knelt beside my banks, I could see, in the depths of his
eyes, my own beauty reflected.

In my belief that the
lake was also narcissistic, I could not understand how the alchemist could conclude that it was
a...

What type of ballad is "Richard Cory" by Edwin Arlington Robinson?

The type
of ballad that the poem "" byis can be defined as a narrative ballad as opposed to a
simple song ballad. This poem tells a story that is ultimately heart-breaking. The reader
invests time in reading a compact narrative story in formal poem form that shocks at the
end.

The structure of a ballad consists of stanzas that are of four lines
each. The rhyme scheme of the ballad is typically abcb, whereby line two rhymes with line four.
However, in this poem, the rhyme scheme is abab. Line one rhymes with line three; line two
rhymes with line four.

The type of ending (a tragic one) that occurs in
Richard Cory is quite common in a narrative ballad. The poet is telling a story in this poem.
He conveys to the reader aspects of Richard Corys life and how it affects him and the people he
comes into contact with in society. The story seems relatively benign for the most part €“ in
fact, every line, up until the last line of stanza four is quite innocuous. Line four of the
last stanza is when the reader is walloped with the closing line that Richard Cory:

Went home and put a bullet through his head.

This is the heart of
many a dramatic ballad - its terrible ending. Not all dramatic narrative ballads are like this.
However, many are and the power of these types of ballads are in the often unexpected and
powerful endings that turn the poem on its head, revealing and delivering to the reader
something different than what the reader expected.

These types of endings in
narrative ballads cause a reader to ponder the poem long after putting the book down. This is
the forceful strength of well-written narrative ballads. This separates poorly written narrative
ballads from quality ones. Simple song ballads are often lighter in tone and subject matter, and
some have a lilt and positivity to them. Their endings are not always tragic and heart-rending
as the ending of Richard Cory is.

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What was the main social development in the 1950s?

There are,
of course, many possible answers to this question.  One possible answer is that the main social
development during the 1950s was the development of a conformist, materialistic attitude towards
life.

The people who were of working age in the 1950s had lived
through...

Why is sovereignty an important concept in international relations?

The concept of sovereignty or sovereign
nations has been in existence since the first political boundary was drawn, establishing the
legal borders between nations. Sovereignty has two international components. The first is under
international law; nations retain the right to control what happens inside the legal territorial
and politically defined area that comprises the nation. Establishing the exact territorial
boundaries of a nation is not an exact science, and historically border wars are a constant
threat in some parts of the world. In simple terms, nations retain the right of home rule
without international interference in how the nation governs.

The second
component in the concept of sovereignty on the international stage is much murkier than
establishing the right of home rule. As civilization has evolved and international borders
become more fixed, many nations subscribe to a concept best described as the one-world or
one-globe theory. The modern world's transnational or political borders are extensions of global
power in terms of economics, political influence, and alignment with other countries. For
example, the European Union consists of twenty-eight sovereign countries that have agreed to act
as one sizeable organized body in matters of economics and security. China, through economic
subsidies and political influence, maintains a considerable amount of say in the affairs of
North Korea. The United States exercises a significant amount of influence over the nations
aligned under the NATO Treaty. OPEC and primarily Saudi Arabia continues to influence the price
of crude oil and wields enormous power in the decisions of oil-producing countries in the Middle
East.

The concept of a one-world government is represented best by the United
Nations, the World Trade Organization, or the International Court of Justice (to name the
significant organizations). Under this idea, national sovereignty is limited to home rule, as
long as the internal affairs of a sovereign nation are not in conflict with the global rules as
established by internationally recognized organizations (such as the ones previously mentioned).
When conflicts between sovereign nations arise, under the one-world concept, an international
body representative of all countries that may have an interest in the outcome weigh
in.

Depending on the perspective, sovereign nations either act independent of
outside influence or rely on international arbitrators to resolve transnational disputes. In
general, when international opinion is on the side of the sovereign nation, the nation accepts
the arbitration as valid. When international tribunals rule against the position of a nation,
then the nation usually declares they are "sovereign nations" not under the rule of
arbitrary whims of a politically motivated and biased international
tribunal.

href="http://www.globalization101.org/the-issue-of-sovereignty/">http://www.globalization101.org/the-issue-of-sovereignty/
href="https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/20/sovereignty/">https://foreignpolicy.com/2009/10/20/sovereignty/
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Laurie describes Charles as "bigger than me." What is the significance of this description?

Elizabeth Stover, M.A.

Laurie's description ofas "bigger than me" signifies his connection to
Charles and foreshadows what we learn in the end of the story, that Charles is a creation of
Laurie's imagination.

Laurie has just begun kindergarten and comes home each
day with stories about a boy in...

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What are some examples from the text that support that Hamlet is, in fact, both morally justified to himself, and clever?

While much has been written of 's delay, it
should be obvious that it is not a simple matter to wander into the throne room one day and kill
the king of Denmark because you think he may have committed a murder for which you have not a
shred of evidence. First,has to satisfy himself that murder has been committed. This he does in
act 5, scene 1. As soon asmentions murder, Hamlet is ready:

Haste me to know't, that I, with wings as swift
As meditation or the thoughts
of love,
May sweep to my revenge.

The ghost
admits that he finds Hamlet "apt." When the ghost has told his tale, Hamlet quickly
makes plans, including a pretense of madness. His intelligence appears in his prescience when he
is communicating to his friends precisely how they should conduct themselves in the face of his
apparent insanity:

As I perchance hereafter shall think
meet
To put an antic disposition on,
That you, at such times seeing me, never
shall,
With arms encumber'd thus, or this headshake,
Or by pronouncing of some
doubtful phrase,
As "Well, well, we know," or "We could, an if we
would,"
Or "If we list to speak," or "There be, an if they
might,"
Or such ambiguous giving out, to note
That you know aught of me:
this not to do,
So grace and mercy at your most need help you, Swear.

We have plenty of witnesses to Hamlet's intellectual brilliance,
not least , who exclaims, when she thinks he is mad,

O,
what a noble mind is here o'erthrown!
The courtier's, soldier's, scholar's, eye,
tongue, sword;
The expectancy and rose of the fair state,
The glass of fashion
and the mould of form,
The observed of all observers, quite, quite down!

However, act 5, scene 1, also shows a level of cunning and subtlety
in planning which is evident in Hamlet's manipulation of the play The Murder of
Gonzago. His moral justification for avenging his father is never in doubt, though he
does have to justify to himself his failure to take revenge as quickly as he thinks he should.
The most convincing of these justifications is when he has the opportunity to killat
prayer:

Now might I do it pat, now he is
praying;
And now I'll do't. And so he goes to heaven;
And so am I revenged.
That would be scann'd:
A villain kills my father; and for that,
I, his sole
son, do this same villain send
To heaven.
O, this is hire and salary, not
revenge.

Hamlet concludes that to be fully revenged, and
thus morally justified, he must kill Claudius in the midst of his sins, as Claudius killed his
father.

What is the main conflict in the novel "This Present Darkness" by Frank E. Peretti ?

The main
conflict in this novel is the supernatural struggle between good and evil as determined by an
evangelical U.S. later-twentieth century Christian perspective. On the surface, the conflict
occurs between the New Age Universal Consciousness Society that is plotting to take over the
small college town of Ashton and the forces of Christian good represented by pastor Hank Busche.
Using Christians and those who have been corrupted by New Age ideology, angels and demons fight
it out: in other words,  the real conflict occurs on the supernatural or spiritual plane. The
novel illustrates to its audience that one cannot be too vigilante in adhering to Biblical
standards of purity and orthodoxy, for attacks arrive from those who twist the meaning of the
Bible: demons come disguised as angels of light speaking words that on the surface, sound
reasonable. For example, the demon of Complacency, a demon it could at first be easy to
overlook, for what is wrong with (seeming) contentment?, gets its "taloned fingers"
dug into the town's newspaper editor, Marshall Hogan.  Prayer thus becomes an important weapon
for fighting the devious ways of the demons trying to infiltrate human souls: we all need
spiritual guidance to help us discern good and evil. The book can be criticized as an imperfect
work of literature but it has been influential in encouraging prayer and theological orthodoxy
in the evangelical world. 

How is the loss of innocence shown in Lord of the Flies?

When the
boys first arrive on the island, they organize their lives according the social norms they
learned in England. They elect a leader, use the conch to represent order as well as to give
everyone a chance to speak, and delay immediate gratification to tend the fire in the hopes of
being rescued.

, however, has been upset since he lost out toas the leader of
the group. He is the Hitler-figure in the novel, and like Hitler, he has a strong will to power.
He soon realizes that there is nobody to enforce social norms on the island, so he finds ways to
satisfy his lust for power. If Ralph andappeal to the rational, civilized, super-ego side of the
human psyche, Jack soon comes to understand he can easily lure the boys to his side through
appeals to their baser instincts.

The boys lose their innocence as they
follow Jack, who encourages and even commands that they give in to their repressed, atavistic
impulsesthe "id" side of their personalities that civilization...

What reasons does Martin Luther King Jr. give to support his thesis in his "I Have a Dream" speech?

Dr. King
opens his "I Have a Dream" speech by saying, "I am happy to join with you today
in what will go down in history as the greatest demonstration for freedom in the history of our
nation." Dr. King's point in this speech is to illustrate all the ways in which African
Americans are not being treated equally. Dr. King lists many reasons to support his
message.

First, Dr. King refers to the Emancipation Proclamation and how one
hundred years later, "the Negro" is still not free. Dr. King states that now is the
time to rise from segregation to the path of racial justice. No longer should there be any
"For Whites Only" signs. All people of all colors should be able to go to the same
hotels, the same restaurants, and the same restrooms. Dr. King dreams of the nation living into
its creed set down in the Declaration of Independence: "We hold these truths to be
self-evident: that all men are created equal."

Second, Dr. King goes on
to point out that not all...

What are some similarities and differences between Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown" and the opening chapter of Melville's Moby-Dick?

Various
similarities and differences (but mostly differences) exist between s short story and Herman
Melvilles novel Moby-Dick. Here are a few of the similarities:

• Both works are set, at least initially, in New England.


• Both works focus on journeys made by young men.
• Both young men
  have names that prove to be symbolic.

Here, however, are a
number of significant differences:

• Melvilles Ishmael narrates his
  own journey; Browns journey is reported by a narrator.
• Ishmael, at the time
  of his journey, is apparently unmarried; this is not true of Brown.


• Ishmael, in the very first paragraph of the novel, displays an attractive sense of
  humor; Brown is rather humorless throughout his tale. Ishmael is the more complex of the two
  characters.
• Ishmael, at first, is much more isolated than Brown. Brown
  meets a companion in the forest and meets other acquaintances along the way, while Ishmael is
  initially much more of a loner.
• Ishmael will be journeying out onto the
  sea, while Brown will be journeying into the forest.
• Brown never seems to
  have journeyed much beyond his small town before, whereas Ishmael is familiar with the large
  city of New York.
• We are offered very little insight, at first, into what
  Brown may be thinking; Ishmael, in contrast, is speculative and openly reflective right from the
  start.
• Because Brown does not narrate his own story, he has no opportunity
  to address the reader, whereas Ishmael addresses his readers in the very first sentences of the
  story, as if beginning an extended exchange with them:

Call me Ishmael. Some years ago - never mind how long precisely - having little or no
money in my purse, and nothing particular to interest me on shore, I thought I would sail about
a little and see the watery part of the world.

• Browns story deals quite explicitly with matters of good and evil, whereas
  the focus on good and evil in Melvilles novel is not especially stressed in the very first
  chapter.
• The style of Hawthornes story is fairly obviously symbolic and
  allegorical right from the start; the first chapter of Moby-Dick, however
  is more convincingly and deliberately realistic.

Other contrasts
might easily be listed, but these are enough to indicate some of the significant differences
between the two works.

 

What are the advantages and disadvantages of corporate social responsibility?

Walter Fischer

Corporate Social Responsibility, or CSR, has both advantages and disadvantages, but the
former do appear to outweigh the latter in most cases. The main advantages of CSR for businesses
are the reputational benefits that accrue to companies perceived as environmentally and socially
conscientious. With the rise of the environmental movement as a political force with which to
reckon, more and more companies have found it advantageous to adopt corporate policies and
practices--and the two do not automatically go together, as some companies market themselves as
being more socially and/or environmentally conscious than they actually are, a phenomenon called
"greenwashing." Most people are appreciative of businesses that adopt practices
consistent with their, the public's, values. 

Another major advantage of
adopting a socially and environmentally friendly business model is that it does, in fact,
benefit the society as a whole. The more socially conscious a business, the more attention
and...

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Was everything Brown saw in "Young Goodman Brown" real or imaginary?

Even
though Hawthorne leaves the interpretation of Goodman Brown's experience up to the reader, there
are various elements that suggest Brown's experience was indeed imaginary. The magical nature of
the enigmatic fellow traveler's staff, the ominous black cloud that follows Brown through the
forest, the diverse congregation participating in the Black Mass, and the sudden disappearance
of the deacon, minister, and Goody Cloyse suggest that Brown's experience was imaginary. The
fact that Brown also uses the traveler's staff to fly through the forest to participate in the
Black Mass, where Faith is suddenly present, also suggests that his experience was
imaginary.

Regardless of whether Brown's experience was real or imaginary,
the outcome of his loss of faith negatively impacts the remainder of Brown's life. After waking
up in the forest, Brown becomes suspicious of his community's religious leaders and recognizes
them has debased hypocrites who hide their sins and attempt to conceal their...

Describe the changes in structure and functions of family from 50 or 60 years ago to today. (Ex: how has the nuclear family changed?)

A
traditional nuclear family consists of two married people living together and raising their
child or children. All siblings are full biological siblings. While this is still common, and
more than half of all children live with two parents, the structure has certainly
shifted.

In 1960, the overwhelming majority of parents were married (88%).
That number has fallen to around 69% today. Around 23% of children live with only their mother,
and around 3 million grandparents are raising their grandchildren with no parents in the home.
The number of unmarried parents living together with children has increased since 1960. Compared
to the 1960s, the term family encompasses a much broader spectrum of living
arrangements. Children may live with numerous adults in their home (related and not), they may
live with multiple generations of people, they may live with two parents who are the same
gender, and they may live in a home with various foster siblings whom they lovingly claim as
their own.

The role of women has also shifted during this time. In 1960,
about 38% of women worked outside the home. Today, around 60% do. This mirrors an educational
shift: today college populations are about 56% female compared to the 6% of women who attained a
college degree in 1960. Women are professionals, and this has shifted the culture of families.
If both parents work outside the home, families must either employ childcare or find others who
care for their children in their absence. Some families solve this dilemma by working alternate
shifts or days so that one parent is always home.

Working from home is a
noticeable trend that wasn't available in the 1960s. Thanks to technological advances, over 5%
of Americans now have jobs where they are allowed to work "remotely" via internet
access and stay home. Sometimes this means creatively structuring family and work time so that
all needed tasks can be accomplished.

Other technological advancements have
allowed families to free up time formerly spent cooking and cleaning and doing other things.
Dishwashers, quick and at-home laundry capabilities, microwaves, and even text messaging means
that parents no longer have to spend hours a day on some of these tasks. One thing that seems to
have filled this time is an increase in children's activities. From art classes to riding
lessons to professional pitching lessons to theater camps to travel ball leagues, many parents
are willing to spend a great deal of time, money, and energy on commuting their children to
numerous appointments that simply wouldn't have been possible in the 1960s. A lot of this means
less time spent at home as a nuclear family and much more on the road with family members often
heading in various directions in a single evening.

Much has changed in the
traditional nuclear family in the past few decades and will likely continue to do so as the
values of America are ever-shifting.

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Where and why do Calvin, Charles Wallace, and Meg go with Mrs. Whatsit, Mrs. Who, and Mrs. Which in the book A Wrinkle in Time?

The
children travel to three destinations with the mysterious women. First, before Meg and Calvin
know what is happening, they find themselves whisked away, along with Charles Wallace, to the
planet Uriel. During the trip, Meg loses all sensation as she floats through complete
nothingness. She takes the longest to recover, and Charles is afraid that Mrs. Whatsit left her
behind. Then, the three women begin to hint that the children are traveling to help Meg's
father.

Mrs. Whatsit assumes her true form, a hybrid horse-human shape (yet
"not like a Greek centaur. Not in the least"). Meg, Calvin, and Charles board Mrs.
Whatsit, who takes them into the sky. There, they encounter the Thing for the first time. After
the children and Mrs. Whatsit return to Mrs. Who and Mrs. Which, the entire group then travels
(or rather, tessers) to Orion's Belt to visit the Happy Medium. The Medium shows the children
their planet, where the Thing has been spreading for years. Then, at the children's request, she
reveals their mothers. Meg, seeing her mother's despair, grows impatient to find her
father.

Mrs. Who, Mrs. Which, and Mrs. Whatsit transport the children to
Camazotz, where Meg's father is. After a few commands and impartations, the women depart. Meg,
Charles, and Calvin must work together to help Mr. Murry and to bring him
home.

What significance do the glass bottles with ships inside have?

Susie and her
father had made the ships in a bottle together, and they are a reminder to him of her death.
Jack, Susie's father, looks at the snow globes and the bottles with ships inside as perfect
little worlds that are so fragile they can easily be destroyed. They symbolize how Jack's family
has been shattered by Susie's brutal murder by a serial killer. After Susie's death, the family
falls apart, and Jack is obsessed to find her killer. Susie's killer has destroyed Jack's
perfect little family, and there was nothing Jack could do to prevent it.

Locate an article that covered the 2016 presidential election. Look for evidence in the article for priming, framing, and slant. Article in question...

One way
to begin evaluating online sources is by noticing the suffix in the URL. The suffix org was
originally used by non-for-profit organizations, as contrasted to com, which was used by
businesses. In addition, when landing on the web page, one can find numerous indicators as to
whether the organization is nonpartisan, affiliated with a political party, or otherwise
biased.

The journalism section that sponsored this article is part of the
Pew Research Center, which is one of the major nonpartisan, think tank type research centers
in the United States. At the bottom of the landing page, a paragraph clearly identifies what Pew
is:

Pew Research Center is a nonpartisan fact tank that
informs the public about the issues, attitudes and trends shaping the world.

That paragraph also includes an embedded link to the Pew Charitable
Trusts, which sponsors the research center. Further, one can look at other articles that also
appear on the site to see what type of materials the organization produces.

This article includes several graphics based on a survey that Pew conducted in January
2016. At the bottom of the landing page, there is an icon on which to click for a PDF of the
complete report. The easy availability of the complete body of research on which the graphics
are based lends credibility to the article. In addition, the article also includes an embedded
link to the organizations past research.

In terms of ideology, the article
gives information about the sources from which American people in a large number of demographic
brackets obtain election-related information. The article mentions the political party
affiliation as one aspect of demography about which the survey asked. One example is a
conclusion drawn about correlations among other factors related to party affiliation:

Age, education level and political party account for some of the
differences here. Cable televisions overall popularity is pronounced among those who are 65 and
older and also among Republicans

The article does not
advocate for any party-related position. In several places, it presents results from the survey
that compare Democrats and Republicans, naming other differences in their sources of
election-related information. For example:

Republicans are
almost twice as likely to say cable news is the most helpful than are Democrats (34% vs. 19%,
and 24% among independents).

These are among the strong
indicators that this source is unbiased and credible.

Who are Holdens favorite authors?

in
Salingers is quite the avid reader. We might infer that he spends a lot of
time reading because he does not have friends.

According to Holden, his
favorite author is his brother D. B. Holden likes his brothers short stories and praises him for
having written The Secret Goldfish, a collection of stories, his favorite
being The Secret Goldfish. Holden is unhappy with D. B.s...

EDUCATION -- compare today's system with that of years past compare and contrast education in 19th- 20th centuries to that of the 21st century..

One of the
major differences is the degree of variety and choice a person has in today's education system
as compared to the education system of the past. Even in the formative years, there's a lot more
choice. There are magnet schools and charter schools for example. Private schools are more
widely available than they were in the past. 

In higher education, there's
even more choice: traditional college/university, online colleges, trade schools, and all kinds
of self-guided learning programs. Scott Young's MIT Challenge is a great example of self-guided
learning in the digital age. 

How do Meg, Calvin, and Charles Wallace demonstrate teamwork, courage, and perseverance in A Wrinkle in Time?

The main
characters in by Madeleine Lengle display perseverance, team work, and
courage throughout the novel. Most prominently, in the final confrontation with IT, Meg shows
resolve and determination to get to her brother and show him she loves him deeply,...

How did the Treaty of Versailles help Hitler to rise to power?

The Treaty
of Versailles catapulted Hitler into power by cementing Germany's hatred for other European
nations and encouraging them to defy the treaty's requirements.

The issue
with the Treaty of Versailles was that it was so drastic. It extensively restricted Germany,
from its military to its trade and much more, handicapping the country and forcing it pay
extremely hefty reparation dues after the first World War. Hitler wisely used this to his
advantage.

Already dabbling in radical ideas, and having written the Mein
Kampf in prison, Hitler realized that the German people were frustrated by being shackled so
drastically by the Treaty of Versailles. He took the opportunity when he began running for
election to capitalize on the anti-outsider sentiment and bitterness that was growing up among
the people of Germany. By focusing on this, he rallied people behind his cause, eventually using
the nation's financial woes to persecute the Jews by accusing them of causing those issues. When
the...

How can we tell that Martin Luther King, Jr. was a Christian?

One way
that we can tell Dr. King is a Christian is to examine his writing.

Dr. King
makes repeated appeals to Christianity in his "Letter from Birmingham Jail."  In the
letter's opening, he states that he has "the honor of serving as president of the Southern
Christian Leadership Conference," one whose affiliate is "the Alabama Christian
Movement for Human Rights."  Dr. King does not shy away from his association with
Christianity.  The fact that he leads these associations displays his Christian faith.

Dr. King also identifies himself as a Christian on a spiritual level.  His faith is
the...

Why does Diana call the threading of the bobbin "The kiss of death" in Katherine Paterson's Lyddie?

The
episode with the bobbin highlights one of the book's major themes: the appalling working
conditions common in 19th century America. Asdiscovers during her time at the factory, worker
safety isn't exactly the management's top priority. Accidents are common, but without any
employee compensation or an alternative source of income, the girls at the factory have no
choice but to toil away in unsafe conditions.

At the same time, there are
many dangers inherent in factory work about which the management, and everyone else, are
genuinely ignorant. One such danger is the so-called "kiss of death." As part of their
work, the girls are required to breathe on threads to pull them through the "hole" or
eye of the shuttle. This has the effect of spreading highly contagious diseases such as
tuberculosis, which at that time was virtually incurable, especially in its advanced
stages.

In "Battle Royal," who are the protagonist and the antagonist? Give examples from the story to support your answer.

Thein
"" is the narrator. The other nine African-American youth do not "care too
much" for him and are, therefore, not pleased that he will be at the fight, so they feel
antagonistic toward the narrator. In addition, there are other antagonists: the white men who
exploit them during the battle.

's narrator is invited to give a graduation
speech, and since he is going to be in the hotel for this speech, he is told that he might as
well participate in the battle royal with some of his schoolmates. This is a fight among the
youths that the town's "big shots" attend in their tuxedos.

The
narrator has his doubts about participating in this fight with them: he says, "I felt
superior to them in my way, and I didn't like the manner in which we were all crowded together
into the servants' elevator. Nor did they like my being there."

When
they arrive in the ring, the narrator hears the school superintendent yell, "Bring up the
shines, gentlemen! Bring up the little shines!"

The young men find
themselves there facing a naked white women. They are embarrassed, worried, aroused, and laughed
at during the exhibition. The narrator's teeth chatter in fear. As the woman begins to dance,
one boy pleads to go home, embarrassed at his uncontrollable physical reaction.

The older white men become very excited by the young woman and they delight in the
discomfort of the young men. After the young woman is removed, the African-American youth are
further exploited as they are blindfolded and told to hit each other. As the white men yell for
them to kill each other, the narrator recalls that "everyone fought hysterically. It was
complete anarchy." 

After the fight is over, the youths are told that
their money for fighting is on the rug. But, when they grab for it, they receive electric
shocks. The narrator finds himself knocked around and shocked repeatedly, and he later realizes
that the coins are brass advertising tokens.

When he finally is allowed to
give his speech, the narrator accidentally says "social equality" when he has meant to
say "social responsibility." Quickly, the narrator apologizes. Then, he is given a
briefcase that contains inside a scholarship to the state college for Negroes. The narrator is
so overjoyed that he does not even mind that the coins given him are merely brass pocket tokens
that advertise a certain make of an automobile.

How did the ancient Romans create a huge and long-lasting empire, when the ancient Greeks were never able to unify for very long?

The most
important factor was geography. Greece is extremely mountainous, making land travel between
different regions quite difficult. Although Greece had been inhabited in the neolithic age,
Greek culture as we think of it began in a period know as Early Helladic III, starting in
roughly 2200 BC as Greek-speaking peoples gradually moved into the area that became Greece.
These Bronze Age towns grew in a pattern that was determined by geography. Usually there was an
urban center, often a fortified...

What are some examples of analogies that Ralph Waldo Emerson uses in his essay "Education"?

This is an essay in
which Emerson presents his typically Transcendentalist views on education, arguing against the
traditional education system and broadening the term in our thinking to encompass the role that
nature and life have as educating forces in our lives. Consider the following quote which
contains anwhich is then developed by Emerson:

The
household is a school of power. There, within the door, learn the tragicomedy of human life.
Here is the sincere thing, the wondrous composition for which day and night go round. In that
routine are the sacred relations, the passions that bind and sever. Here is poverty and all the
wisdom its hated necessities...

Catharsis In Oedipus

refers
to the cleansing feeling that one experiences by witnessing a , particularly one that is
performed, and going through the emotional phases of that tragedy without having to face their
ramifications. The Greeks were extraordinarily ahead of their time for recognizing and giving a
name to this complex facet of human thinking and emotional wellness.

The
masterful nature of the catharsis in is in how the reveal of the titular
character's true identity creeps up on the audience. The art of experiencing a tragedy well is
felt in the emotions of fear and pity. While tragedy strikes Oedipus all at once in a single,
horrible realization, the audience, in contrast, becomes slowly aware of it. It is not some
mystery that the audience is meant to puzzle over, but rather a blurry picture that becomes
clearer with every passing moment of action. We begin to understand the truth at the same pace
as, who seems to implore Oedipus to stop his search, as though she can...

What are the main factors that contributed to establishment of America's two-party system?

I will point
to two reasons why the United States has a two party system.

First, the two
party system came about because of America's electoral system.  In the United States, we have
what are called single-member districts with "first past the post" elections.  In
other words, each district elects only one representative -- the person who gets the most
votes.  This is as opposed to a proportional...

What are some examples of figurative language in The Lovely Bones?

When
examining figurative language, keep in mind that it is writing that the author does not intend
for you to take literally. Figurative language adds depth and beauty to the author's
story.

In ,utilizes figurative language throughout her
novel. Mostly she uses(a comparison of two things by using the words "like" or
"as") and(or writing that appeals to any of the five senses). By using these specific
types of figurative language, Sebold is able to strengthen the novel's narrator:
Susie.

Susie uses similes to make comparisons between descriptions she thinks
her audience will know to those she believes they will not. In chapter 7, Sebold writes "My
parents were like sleepwalkers saying yes to his questions, nodding their heads to flowers or
speakers." This comparison to sleepwalkers illustrates the pain her parents are going
through. They're unable to do anything aside from nod mindlessly while making the funeral
arrangements. Later in the chapter, Susie uses a simile again when she describes her first kiss:
"Our only kiss was like an accident- a beautiful gasoline rainbow." Later in the book,
Susie uses the simile

I watched my beautiful sister
running . . . and I knew she was not running away from me or toward me. Like someone who has
survived a gunshot, the wound had been closing, closing -braiding into a scar for eight long
years.

The powerful simile explains that, for her sister,
getting over Susie's death is like getting over a gunshot wound: it is painful and takes
time.

Imagery is used throughout the text as Susie describes her view of
heaven, what she sees going on at home, and even how she died. When describing heaven, Susie
says it is "large, squat buildings spread out on dismally landscaped sandy lots, with
overhangs and open spaces to make them feel more modern." In chapter 5, Susie uses her
childliketo describe her family's home: "the spots on our suburban walls replaced with
bright graphic prints meant to stimulate children." Later, in a flashback in Chapter 15,
Susie remembers a thunderstorm and reminisces about how she and her sister enjoyed them:
"We both listened together to the rain pour down and the thunderclap and smelled the earth
rising to greet us."

In what sense have humans become "monstrous" in Never Let Me Go ?

I think
that the social setting in which the clones find themselves might resemble a condition in which
human beings have become "monstrous."  Ethical issues of cloning put aside, I think
that the reliance and overreliance on the clones to solve medical challenges is where the human
monstrous element resides.  It seems that the society in which the clones find themselves have
given up on finding another medical science path that could alleviate the reliance on the
clones.  It is almost as if society has become comfortable with a group of people whose mission
is to be "completed."  This is monstrous on the level that normative society can push
another group of individuals into the "shadows" and away from public outrage.  Another
level of monstrosity is in how the newer generation of clones endures harsher treatment than
previous generations.  In the final analysis, anytime power is exerted in such a manner in which
silent resignation to one's fate is the only option, there is a level of monstrous behavior
evident.  It is here where Ishiguro's social construction raises some real and vital questions
about the nature of human behavior as monstrous and one in which questions have to be
asked.

What does the ocean symbolize in the Lord of the Flies?

The ocean is a
complex symbol that grows in meaning throughout the story.

One significant
nuance to this symbol is the use of the term "ocean" versus "sea". The water
surrounding the island is introduced in nearly idyllic terms at the beginning of the story, and
the word "sea" is always used to describe it. However, when the boys first encounter
the waters on the other side of the island, which lacks a beach and instead has sharp cliffs and
rocks, and the water is rough and unforgiving, it is for the first time described as
"ocean". The waters on this side of the island, from that point, are always referred
to as ocean, and so we might say part of the symbolism is linked to the nature of the waters
themselves; they can be nurturing and mysterious, as on the "sea" side of the island,
or uncaring and cold as on the "ocean" side.

The ocean represents
several facets of theof the unknown, the subconscious, and isolation. The sea is what separates
the boys from their homes, and is the main reason for their situation. The sea is also suggested
to be where the Beast comes from, and Maurice announces that his father claims that "they
haven't found all the animals in the sea yet", making it a source of danger and mystery.
Finally, on viewing and contemplating the harsh nature of the ocean on the other side of the
island,reflects that its brutality has an emotional impact; "one was clamped down, one was
helpless, one was condemned". 

Thus, the ocean has a two-part nature
when it comes to symbolism; to the ignorant or liberated person, it represents peace and
comfort, but to the destitute, the person closer to savagery and the fine line between life and
death, the ocean represents how little nature cares for humans, and how readily they can be
swallowed up by the vastness of its power and emptiness; this is demonstrated in the way that it
consumes the bodies ofand .

What are your thoughts on personality testing for employment?

Having had
to take a personality test for one job in Wisconsin, I found it a rather odd experience.  I
found some of the questions repetitive and rather banal.  It really depends on why they are
doing the personality test.  If the test is to weed out the drug...

How would you describe the style of Kincaid€˜s writing? If you were mimicking her style, what would you need to do?

The
style most resembles a narrative technique called href="https://www.britannica.com/art/stream-of-consciousness">stream of
consciousness, which aims to let the reader know not only the rational thoughts of a
character but the subconscious ones as well. It's a method that originated in psychology but has
come to be used in literaturefor example, in the works of James Joyce and Virginia Woolf. It's
important to understand, however, that the majority of stream of consciousnessis partly edited
to give the reader an

What are the four main categories of economic resources?

Economic
resources are long term assets which can be utilized for the production of goods and services
for the benefit of an organization or country. Economic resources can be looked at from an
organizational,local, national or global level.

All entities utilize economic
resources in one form or the other and proper organization is required for the efficient
management of them. The four main categories of economic resources are: 

1. Land €“ This includes things like natural resources


2. Labour €“ These are human resources
3. Capital €“ These are
   industrial capacity and financial power
4. Enterprise €“ These are things like
   entrepreneurship, economic system, organization and governance. 

What are the 4 factors that must be present for natural selection to occur?

The factors
involved in natural selection are not necessarily fixed at 4; in many ways, it's a matter of
perspective and context, ie. what is taken for granted, and what is assumed, about the
population and ecosystem being inspected. We might interpret this question to say "what
four factors most directly influence natural selection occurring
as opposed to another form of selection, such as sexual or
artificial."

The four primary factors are;

1. Variation exists within a species. This is
   largely the result of mutations and meiotic gene shuffling. Variation allows for the possibility
   of certain variations being more fit than others.
2. Species
   overproduce. This means that they have more offspring than their environment can
   support. If they had less offspring than the environment could support, then a surplus of
   resources or lack of competition would not place the same selective pressure.


3. Competition exists. This can be intraspecific or
   interspecific competition, but in most ecosystems it is likely a little of both. Competition
   causes certain variations to be more capable of succeeding in the competition than others; a
   lack of competition would make the variations largely irrelevant.
4. 
   Inheritance. If the offspring of individuals inherit their parent's
   traits, this ensures that certain aspects of variation will endure; fit individuals will produce
   fit offspring, and unfit individuals will not produce magical, super-fit babies for no apparent
   reason.

We must be careful to frame some of these factors in the
proper persepective; for example, competition among plants does not mean that two plants are
eyeing the same grassy hilltop and shooting each other dirty looks. In fact, most of the time,
there is no "intention" in the human sense behind most of these factors, but rather
they are simply the way the world is described from the perspective of long-term ecological
change.

Does Oedipus resolve his own dilemma of having too much pride in Sophocles's work Oedipus Rex?

This is
an excellent question because it gets to the heart of the story.is challenged throughout the
play to confront his own pride and humble himself to realize the evil he has done. His own pride
and haughtiness have caused him to murder his own father and marry his mother, while reveling in
the praise of the peopleessentially building himself up before his own ultimate
downfall.

The poetic element occurs when the Blind Prophet Tiberias tells him
that he is blind to his own evil, at which Oedipus scoffs. In the end, to emphasize the point of
Oedipus's realization, he gouges his own eyes out in shock and revulsion at what he has done.
Theis that, although he is now physically blind, he is spiritually aware of his deeds. Because
of this, it seems clear that he has confronted his pride and humbled himself.

Thethat brought him to challenge fate itself and eventually fall into a trap, becoming
the very thing he sought to flee from, is confronted by his realization that...

When they meet again at Hannah Tupper's, what do Nat and Kit discover that they have in common in The Witch of Blackbird Pond?

Hannah says she first met both
Nat and Kit crying in the meadow. 

Kit and Nathaniel Eaton are both good friends of Hannah Tupper, the supposed witch of
Blackbird Pond. They do not realize this at first. Kit finds the meadow on her own, and it is
the first place she has felt comfortable in Wethersfield. 

Coming home through the meadow everything had seemed so simple, and here it was all
tangled again. Only one thing was sure. She had found a secret place, a place of freedom and
clear sunlight and peace. (Ch. 10) 

Kit befriends Hannah
even though the people of Wethersfield think she is a witch. Kit is amazed that the Quaker woman
does not go to meetings (she has to pay fines), and lives by herself out by the pond in the
swampy land. 

When Nat shows up, Hannah says she should have known that the
two of them would find each other. They have a lot in common. One thing she says they have in
common is that she met both of them the same way, in the meadow.

"'Tis a strange thing, that the only friends I have I found in the same way, lying
flat in the meadows, crying as though their hearts would break." (Ch. 10) 

Nat protests that he was only eight years old at the time. He is
surprised that Kit found Hannah, since her aunt and uncle would not approve. He is definitely
glad to see Kit. 

The friendship between Kit and Nat grows through helping
Hannah. Kit does not realize at first that Nat likes her. She thinks that she should just marry
a local man, William, and be a good Puritan. However, she does not fit in. 

"I can still see the green feathers if I look hard enough. But
they've done their best to make you into a sparrow, haven't they?"

"It's these Puritans," Kit sighed. "I'll never understand them. Why do
they want life to be so solemn? I believe they actually enjoy it more that way." (Ch.
12) 

Later, when Nat illuminates the house William is
building and is banished from Wethersfield, Kit realizes that he really cares about her and she
cares about him. Eventually, she marries Nat instead of William. It is definitely a better
choice for her, since he is the one person who understands her.

What does Voltaire see as the limitations and dangers of optimism?

With the theme
of "" as the human condition, Votaire sees optimism as a stutifying limitation upon
understanding this condition.  For, Dr. Pangloss's doctrine of optimism holds that everything in
life has reasons for its existence in the "best of all possible worlds."  Instead,
through the misadventures of Candide, the world is not, the best, but absurd.

does not simply protray Dr. Pangloss's thinking as foolish; he perceives it as
dangerous because such thinking allows people to justify any inhumanity since "there is a
reason" for it.  This ignoring of inhumanities prevents people from alleviating the
suffering of others or justifies them.  Voltaire demonstrates the ridiculousness of this
thinking in Chapter IV when Candide meets his former philosophy teacher, who is impoverished. 
Thinking he is giving alms to a beggar, Candide is instead addressed by Pangloss, who describes
his horrible conditions, telling him that Cunegonde (Voltaire's love interest) is dead, having
died by being

disemboweled by Bulgar soldiers after having
been raped as much as a woman can be.  They smashed the baron's head...the baroness was hacked
to pieces...not one stone was left standing  [in the castle]

After this horrific description of what has happened, Pangloss states,

But we were well avenged, because the Avars did the same thing to a
nearby estate that belonged to a Bulgar lord.

Voltaire
further demonstrates the deadly effects of this thinking when Dr. Pangloss prevents Candide from
saving Jacques the Anabaptist, who falls overboard during a storm, thus

proving that the bay of Lisbon has been formed to expressly for this
Anabaptist to drown in.

This bold absurdity excuses Dr.
Pangloss's passivity and lack of courage to risk death in order to save another human being. 
Pangloss's rationalizes explanations for his behavior repeatedly.   Critic Darren Felty writes
in his "Candide:  Voltaire's Satirization of Optimism and Pessimism,"

By presenting many such moments, Voltaire makes the philosophical
justification of rampant injustice and destruction into a caustic joke of seemingly cosmic
proportions.

Was the US justified in using the atomic bomb against the Japanese?

The US was
justified in using the atomic bombs against Japan.  Using the bombs saved tremendous numbers of
American lives.  In addition, while the US may not have actually considered this at the time,
the atomic bombs surely saved many more Japanese lives than they took. 

When
a country is at war, its first responsibility is to win the war while taking the fewest possible
casualties.  Of course, there are some rules about how the enemy must be treated, but the atomic
bombs did not break these rules. ...

Was Romeo really in love with Juliet or was he just using her to get over Rosaline?

I agree with
the previous answer that was given, however, there is more to be considered here.is only 13
years old andhimself not much older. In the simplest form, Romeo believes he is in love with
Juliet but this comes rather quickly.

The play takes place over 5 days and
during Act I, Romeo professes his love, not for Juliet, but for Rosseline. He is depressed and
his parents,andworry that he is being moody and too romantic. Rosseline cannot be
with...

What are some examples of metaphors and allusions in "The Legend of Sleepy Hollow"?

There are
many examples of allusions found in the short story "." Here are a few
examples:

• References to the American Revolutionary War, including
  the battle of White Plains.
• Cotton Mather's History of New
  England Witchcraft figures prominently.
• The Dutch old country is
  mentioned; an example is the town of Saardam.
• Irving refers to the Russian
  "Don Cossacks."
• There is a reference to "the cap of
  Mercury."
• There is a comparison to the "knight-errant" of
  medieval times.
• The patron of dance, St. Vitus, is referenced.


• The British spy, Major Andre, who was hanged in the area, is mentioned several
  times.

 

In the poem "The Fish" what is the poet's attitude towards the fish? Where does it change as the poem progresses?

In her
single-stanza poem, ","uses the speaker's increasing attention to the details of a
fish to shift the speaker's perception of  and feelings about the fish. It's a lesson in how
attention to details can grant subjectivity to a seemingly lifeless object -- in this case, a
fish.

The speaker's relationship to the fish changes at two key points.
First the speaker observes that "He didn't fight," and that in fact, "He hadn't
fought at all." This observation sparks a curiosity for the speaker, who then continues to
note the fish's bloody gill, and the barnacles which had lodged on the fish's skin along with
seaweed. The speaker then begins to personify the fish through noting the bone structure and
physique until he/she gets to the jaw where "hung five old pieces of fish-line...with all
their five big hooks/grown firmly in its mouth." This is the second and more startling
realization. The speaker realizes that the...

What is the theme of the poem "The Story" by Karen Connelly?

One theme that runs through "The Story" is that, while taking a risk is often
considered in positive terms, there are inherent and varied dangers in doing so.

The speaker begins by saying that humans are all swimming around in the metaphorical
ocean of lifemost of the time staying in safe, shallow water. Eventually, however, the speaker
narrates in second person ("you") how the reader will take a risk and leave these safe
shallows (i.e., dive into "deeper" waters, not knowing what dangers lay beneath the
surface).

The speaker states that there is an awareness of the dangers of
this risk-taking:

You know you are a fool
For
having come this far.
You know you could never
Swim fast enough

And often, the speaker states, we find that our fears are over
nothing. The thing we are afraid of is simply a piece of drift wood or even a dolphin that was
"lurking" out in the waters of life (metaphorically representing things that at first
seem dark and menacing but which actually turn out to be...