In Ernest Hemingway's story "Hills Like White Elephants," what is a "white elephant"?

The term
"white elephant" is commonly used to describe a useless or burdensome possession. In
Asianit is said that white elephants were sacred, but because of their sanctity could not be
used to perform any manual labor. Thus, the elephant became useless to its possessor and quite
expensive to maintain. The term white elephant is still in use today as friends or office
workers gather and give and receive white elephant gifts, mainly just for the fun of it. Most
people have these useless gifts around the house somewhere.

In Hemingway's
short story, Jig refers to the hills in the distance as looking like white elephants in her
conversation with the man. In this case, the term is a veiled reference to the unborn child she
is carrying. It becomes a way for the idea of abortion to be introduced into the story. That the
girl believes the hills look "lovely" seems to indicate she wants to keep the child. A
little later she even says they don't resemble white elephants, further strengthening her
argument that they should keep the baby. The man seems to disregard this comment and continues
to argue for an abortion.

Consider the difference in Romeos love for Rosalind and Juliet

does a great deal of
pining for Rosaline, and it all seems very dramatic and angsty.He says things like, "Love
is a smoke made with the fume of sighs" (1.1.197).He cries and mopes around, and even
worries his parents with his moods.He describes love as though it were something painful and
madness-inducing.However, Romeo also talks about her "chastity" being "well
armed," and he commends that she will not "ope her lap to saint-seducing gold"
(1.1.218, 222).In other words, then, it seems that Romeo may be less concerned with the concept
or feeling of love than he is with having sex with Rosaline.It is evident
that he may be driven by lust rather than love in his pursuit of her, and this is, perhaps, why
she continues to deny him.Later, when Romeo runs off after the Capulets' party,assumes that he
is still mad for Rosaline, and he makes some lewd comments regarding Romeo's
lustiness.

After he meets , however, Romeo appears to feel legitimately more
than lust.For example, when they speak in the balcony scene, he asks her if she is going to
leave him "so unsatisfied," a question that seems to have a sexual meaning
(2.2.132).Juliet asks what satisfaction he would expect tonight, and he explains that he wants
"Th' exchange of thy love's faithful vow for mine" (2.2.134).He wants her to say that
she loves him as he has confessed his love to her.Romeo is not simply lusting after her and
trying to get into her bedroom; he actually wants to marry her.When she suggests it, he does go
to 's right away to see if he will sanctify the marriage.

What does Mrs. Parsons want from Winston in chapter 2 of 1984?

At the
beginning of chapter two, Mrs. Parsons asksif he can come and unblock her sink. Her husband is
away and she is unable to do it herself. Despite that he hates using his hands, Mrs. Parsons's
husband, Jim, is one of Winston's colleagues, and...

What did goodman brown's role (family/social) have to do with the onset or beginning to his madness?

I'm not sure
I would identify his state as "madness," for it gives it a pathology that in my view
is more symbolic than real.  But certainly the social/cultural context of his life generate his
demise at the end of the story.  That context would include the setting, for it takes place in
the Puritan village of Salem, first settled in 1626 and the site of the famous witchcraft
hysterial of 1691-1792.  John...

What decisions were Elie Wiesel forced to make?

Due to
his horrific experiences of life in a Nazi concentration camp, Eliezer is forced to make a
decision regarding his faith. Before his family was deported from their hometown of Sighetm
Eliezer was always a devout Jew and would never have dreamed in a million years that he would
ever question the faith of his forefathers, the faith of his people.

Yet over
time, and in the wake of so much unimaginable horror, Eliezer is forced to the painful
conclusion that there is no God and that he can no longer, in good conscience, remain a
practicing Jew. A number of events, each more shocking and soul-destroying than the last,
gradually erode Elie's faith. But the one that has the greatest impact of all is the slow,
painful death of a little boy, hanged by the Nazis for helping to destroy an electrical plant
and for possessing weapons.

As Elie witnesses the boy's agonizing death
throes, he wonders where God is, before answering his own question in the most emphatic of
terms:

Where is He? He is...

Where on the line x - y = 8 does the perpendicular from (2, 1) intersect.

From the given
line equation: x-y=8, express it in slope-intercept form (y=mx+b).

x-y
=8

  +y   +y

---------------

x     =
 8+y

   -8   -8 

----------------

x -8
=y            Or y = 1x-8 where slope  `m_1 = 1.`

Note that perpendicular
lines follows` m_2 = -1/m_1`

Then `m_2=- 1/(-1)=-1`

Determine the other line equation using `m_2=-1` and that will pass through point
(2,1).

Plug-in the values in y=mx+b

                     
       1 = (-1)(2)+b

                              1= -2 +b

                              +2  +2

                             
------------------

                              3 =b

Line
equation:  y=-1x+3 or x+y =3  based from `m_2=-1` and b =3

the two lines are
x-y=8 and x+y =3.

Applying elimination method to solve for x. 

         x-y=8           Add the to equations.

    +  x+y
=3

      -------------

        2x   = 11        Cancels
out y's since -y+y = 0.

       `(2x)/2=11/2`           Divide both sides by 2
to isolate x.

        `x = 11/2`

To solve for y, subtract
the equations as:

        x -y = 8          Or            x -y =8

-     ( x +y =3)  ------->  +  (-x -y = -3 ).    Subtraction rules of
signs. 

   -----------------            

           -2y =
5

            `(-2y)/-2=5/2 `      Divide both sides by -2 to isolate
y.

                `y = - 5/2`

Intersection point:  `
(11/2, - 5/2)`

This is the same as (5.5, -2.5)

How does Shakespeare, in Macbeth, explore appearances vs reality using Macbeth, Lady Macbeth, and the witches?

appear so strange toandthat they cannot tell
what they are or even whether they are alive or not. Even after speaking to them, Banquo doubts
their existence:

Were such things here as we do speak
about?
Or have we eaten on the insane root
That takes the reason
prisoner?

Until they saw the witches, the two generals
were apparently of one heart and mind, but the meeting on the heath sends them down separate
paths, Banquo remaining loyal and honest andadopting a policy of deception and concealment in
which appearance and reality necessarily diverge. Upon 's being created Prince of Cumberland, he
warns himself to hide his true nature andgives him the same warning: "look like the
innocent flower/But be the serpent under't."

After the murder of , the
Macbeths have to pile deception on deception and murder on murder to cling on to power.
Ironically, it is an apparition of the honest Banquo ("Unreal mockery," as Macbeth
calls it) that forces Macbeth to reveal his real nature at the feast. It is only at the end of
the play, however, that Macbeth comes to accept the unreality behind the appearance of substance
in both the witches' words and life itself. When he realizes thatwill kill him, he
exclaims:

And be these juggling fiends no more
believed,
That palter with us in a double sense;
That keep the word of promise
to our ear,
And break it to our hope.

And a
little earlier, on being told of his wife's death, he cries out that even life itself is not
what it appears:

Life's but a walking shadow, a poor
player
That struts and frets his hour upon the stage
And then is heard no
more: it is a tale
Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,
Signifying
nothing.

Why are the people in Reverend Hooper's congregation confused?

The
congregation of Reverend Hooper's church is confused at why he is wearing an ominous black veil,
which consists of two folds of crape that cover the majority of his face. The members of
Reverend Hooper's congregation are awestruck and afraid of his appearance when he walks to the
church and approaches the pulpit. Reverend Hooper proceeds to preach a sermon on secret sin,
which is a moving and intimate message. Despite the effectiveness of Mr. Hooper's sermon,
several women leave the service, and the majority of the congregation wonders why Reverend
Hooper is wearing the mysterious black veil. Following his sermon, Reverend Hooper leaves the
church only to be ignored by his congregation and viewed with suspicion by his fellow neighbors.
The entire community spreads rumors about Reverend Hooper's foreboding black veil, which he
refuses to take off. Reverend Hooper's veil creates such a disturbance throughout the town that
his fianc© leaves him, and the citizens never discover the secret sin their pastor has
committed.

In the story "Everything That Rises Must Converge," why do both Julian and his mother revert to childhood at the end?

One might
understand the words of the mother and son in ironic relation to the title of the story, which
is also the tile of the collection of short stories in which it was published.  Following this
direction of interpretation, the mother rises to childhood innocence as she descends into
death; however, the son, though speaking in the language of a childs love for his mother, does
not rise, but rather remains in a quagmire below his mother, knowing he loved her but will not
be able to demonstrate that to her. One critic puts it this way:  What is left after [the
mothers]...

Why might Goodman Browns dying hour have been one of gloom?

Young Goodman Man
becomes a stern, sad, distrustful man after his experience in the forest. With his typical use
of ambiguity, Hawthorne doesn't reveal whether the events were real or imagined. Regardless of
whether he actually witnessed anything real or in fact dreamed the events, the effect on Brown
is the same. He loses his faith, lives a miserable life, and even dies full of gloom because he
sees sinners everywhere. He can trust no one. "No hopeful verse is carved on his
tombstone," Hawthorne tells us. 

Meaning Of Hamlet

The best answer
for this question is to say there is no answer. The meaning of is
mercurial. Depending upon when you read it, how many times you have read it, what school of
literary theory you subscribe to when you analyze literature--all of these give different
meanings at different times. What are...

Who are the three people Edwards addresses in his sermon, Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God?

In his
sermon ","is addressing the congregation whose sinfulness he compares with that of the
early Israelites:

In this verse is threatened the
vengeance of God on the wicked unbelieving Israelites, who were Gods visible people, and who
lived under the means of grace; but who, notwithstanding all Gods wonderful works towards them,
remained (as ver. 28.) void of counsel, having no understanding in them.

Edwards refers to the wicked men and natural men (meaning all
humans) multiple times throughout his sermon, always emphasizing their...

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In what way does Lorianne wish that her mother were more like Mr. Pignati, from Zindel's The Pigman?

Lorraine and
her mother have a very strained relationship, but as far as parents go, she is all she's ever
had. Lorraine doesn't know parent-child relationahips to be any different than the example set
forth by her single mom--until she meets Mr. Pignati. At first Lorraine is taken aback by how
happy the Pigman is. She doesn't quite accept his joy as reality because she says the following
on the first day they meet him at the zoo:

"I felt
sorry for the old man because people just don't go around smiling like that all the time unless
they're mentally unbalanced or harboring extreme anxiety" (57).

Good thing she gives the guy a chance to teach her what it means to
be able to actually trust and have fun with adults. Naturally, as she and John hang out with Mr.
Pignati more, Lorraine compares him with her mother. She pities her mother because being a nurse
is a stressful and demanding job. But as she realizes that she is actually having fun with an
adult, she says the following:

"Sometimes just after
I put the light out, I'd see his face smiling or his eyes gleaming as he offered me the
snails--some little happy detail I thought I had forgotten--and I'd wish she knew how to have a
little fun for a change" (86).

Hence, the way that
Lorraine wishes her mother were more like Mr. Pignati is by having a little fun. Her mother's
interactions with her are too strenuous, bitter and difficult. Life would be more manageable for
both of them if they could have some fun together.

 

How is intolerance portrayed in Never Let Me Go?

The
theme of intolerance permeates's novel. In the sharply divided society that the author depicts,
people who were conceived and born in traditional or natural ways are fully convinced of their
own superiority. Their sense of entitlement has led them to create the clones who will be their
donors and to dictate the terms of the clones' lives. The idea that each clone is a
human...

How did militarism help to cause WWI?

I would
define militarism as the glorification of the military.  In a country that is militaristic,
people think that the military is superior to civilians and that the military should be
respected and glorified.  This contributed to WWI by giving the military more control over the
policies of various countries and by making those countries think that military power was what
made them great.

During the time before WWI, many nations started to define
their national greatness militarily.  They thought that having a strong military made them
great.  This led, for example,  Germany trying to build a much stronger navy to show its power. 
Germany's naval building programs scared and threatened England and so it tried to increase its
navy.  This arms race made the two countries more and more suspicious of each other and made war
between them more likely.

Is Janice Dickery a junior year drop-out in The Pigman?

Janice
Dickery dropped out of school in her junior year.

Janice Dickery is one of
the first girls who arrive at the party at the Pigman's house. John says she is "a lovely,
sweet girl" who is "very mature;" she dances alone (John calls it
"shaking") on the makeshift dance floor with only another guy, Gary Friman, playing
the drums, and creates quite a sensation. Janice Dickery had apparently had to leave school
because...

The protagonist in Daniel Defoe's The Life and Adventures of Robinson Crusoe belongs to the middle class. What was the effect of portraying him as a...

Asis
middle-class, he's expected to make his own way in the world. He wasn't born with a sliver spoon
in his mouth; he hasn't had everything handed to him on a silver platter, as would've been the
case had he been born into the upper-classes. As such, Crusoe has been deeply imbued from an
early age with commercial values and with the overriding necessity of going out into the world
and staking his claim.

It is just such values that motivate Crusoe to engage
in the slave trade. Though still perfectly legal at that time, the slave trade was widely
considered immoral and disreputable, certainly not the kind of business in which any respectable
gentleman would ever be involved.

But none of that really matters to Crusoe.
As he's not a gentleman, he doesn't feel the need to live up to the values of a class to which
he does not belong. Like any self-respecting bourgeois trader, he is motivated purely and solely
by the desire to make a good profit, however disreputable the means.

Are there any metaphors in the story "Hills Like White Elephants" by Ernest Hemingway?

There are
several metaphors and similes in Hemingway's story. The most prominent one is the hills, which
Jig compares to white elephants. The hills represent many possible things, one of which is a
pregnant woman's stomach. The hills also stand for an obstacle to overcome, and the comparison
of them to white elephants speak to the idea of something that is rare and valued but not
practical, as white elephants are in some culture.

Anotheris the absinthe the
couple drinks. Absinthe is a drink that is a hallucinogen and can make one forget. The American
wants the situation that he and the...

How did the British government react to the colonists' protests against the Townshend Acts of 1767?

The
colonists were unhappy with the passage of the Townshend Acts. This was another example of a tax
the colonists felt was unfair. It placed taxes on imported goods, and the person importing the
product paid the tax that was then passed on to the colonists. As a result of this law, the
colonists agreed to boycott British goods and to make their own products. The British merchants
were concerned about the colonists making their own products. This had the possibility of the
merchants permanently losing customers, especially if the colonists were successful in making
their own products.

While the British merchants were concerned about the loss
of customers, the British government really didnt respond to the actions of the colonists. While
the number of British troops in the colonies increased, it wasnt until the Boston Massacre
occurred that the British took action regarding these taxes. After the Boston Massacre, the
British removed most of the taxes created by the Townshend Acts. The only tax Parliament left in
place was a tax on tea. Some colonists felt that by keeping this tax in place, the British were
subtly informing the colonists the British could do whatever they wanted since these were their
colonies. Then removal of most of these taxes did prevent the crisis caused by the Boston
Massacre from erupting into something much bigger at that time. However, future events would
eventually lead to Revolutionary War.

Find the inverse function of f(x)=x^3+2?

f(x)=x^3+2

To find the
inverse function f(x)^-1 , we will assume"

y=x^3+2

y-2= x^3

==> x= (y-2)^1/3

==> f(x)-1=
(x-2)^1/3

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What in Winstons character that allowed him to be an enemy of the Party now leads him to participate in OBriens cure?

has no choice
but to participate after he's arrested. He is brainwashed...

Is rhythm a repeated pattern of strong and weak beats?

Depending
upon the discipline in the arts that is being considered, there are variations upon this
definition.  Nonetheless, in all aspects, rhythm is the foremost means of aesthetic expression
as it is what moves a work of art, music, poetry, speech, etc.

rhythm is defined in the following arts:

• poetry - The arrangement of stressed...

Is there any basis for the Freudian interpretation of an Oedipal attraction between Hamlet and his mother? women characters Gertude and Ophelia

Certainly
this is a theme that has caused controversy; particularly since the concept of an Oedipus
Complex was not developed until hundreds of years after Shakespeare wrote this play. But the
plot of Oedipus and the psychological implications would very likely have
been known by Shakespeare. 's desire to avenge his mother's second marriage is in part prompted
by how quickly she remarried after his father's death, but also because she married her own
brother-in-law, an act that could be seen on some level as incest. The incest taboo is also
repeated in the speculated theme of 's attraction to his own mother. Some stage productions,
most notably the London production in 1989 starring Daniel Day-Lewis and Judi Dench, portray
this theme very prominently, with Day-Lewis (Hamlet) passionately kissing Dench (), leaving her
shocked and traumatized.

Importance of religion in one's life Why is religion important in our life? How is it important? What will happen if we will have no religion? What...

I think the
third question is interesting to ponder. I believe that if we have no religion, other ideologies
will take the place of religion. We can look historically at states that have tried to ban
religion, and in many of these cases a kind of non-theistic "state religion" took
over, in which the head of state was revered and deified just like a god would be in a
traditional religion. Also, many non religious people have strong attachments to on ideology or
another (environmentalism, secular humanism, objectivism, materialism, etc.). Ideologies help
create community and give people a sense of purpose and order. I think that in the absence of
religion, people will find other conceptual frameworks in which to ground their
lives.

What does the narrative of "Araby" reveal about the narrator's feelings toward the girl?

The narrator
in the story idolizes and romanticizes Mangan's sister, a teenage girl a few years older than he
is. He has hardly spoken to her but, nevertheless, she is an object of adoration to him. He has
what might be called a schoolboy crush on the girl, but he feels it with all the acute intensity
of adolescent love and tortured desire. He thinks about her often:

Her dress swung as she moved her body, and the soft rope of her hair tossed from side
to side. Every morning I lay on the floor in the front parlour watching her door....When she
came out on the doorstep my heart leaped....I had never spoken to her, except for a few casual
words, and yet her name was like a summons to all my foolish blood.

He also expresses his adoration below:

Her name sprang to my lips at moments in strange prayers and praises which I myself did
not understand. My eyes were often full of tears...I did not know whether I would ever speak to
her or not or, if I spoke to her, how I could tell her of my confused adoration. But my body was
like a harp and her words and gestures were like fingers running upon the wires.

It is clear from these descriptions that he is in love with what
she represents. She is a symbol of purity, of beauty, and of the exotic to him. She symbolizes,
in his imagination, the alternative to his dull, schoolboy world. He builds her into a romantic
idol he can worship.

In reality, the brown dress she wears and her
commonplace speech and activities hint to us that she is a part of, rather than separate from,
the drab Dublin world the narrator inhabits. Nevertheless, because he doesn't know her well, he
can build her into a dream figure, just as he builds thebazaar into a dream event. In his mind,
the bazaar, which represents the exotic and escape from Dublin, merges or conflates in his mind
with Mangan's sister so that reader is tempted to call her Araby. It is only at the end of the
story that the boy's fantasies deflate.

How does the trial change Jem and Scout in To Kill a Mockingbird?

After
witnessing racial injustice firsthand, both siblings lose their childhood innocence.
However,andreact differently after witnessing Tom's wrongful conviction. Jem becomes jaded
towards the racist community members of Maycomb. Jem is shocked to learn that his kind and
compassionate neighbors are prejudiced individuals. He laments the lack of sympathy and justice
in Maycomb and begins to resent the members of his community. In addition to becoming more
perceptive and aware of the overt prejudice in Maycomb, Jem becomes more sympathetic towards
defenseless individuals. Jem also becomes motivated to change the justice system, which reflects
his father's morally upright nature.

In contrast, Scout does not become
jaded after witnessing Tom Robinson's wrongful conviction. However, she does become more aware
of the overt racism in Maycomb. She also begins to recognize the hypocrisy throughout the
community and questions the beliefs of certain citizens. Scout also becomes more...

Who was Dr. Gershom Bulkeley in The Witch of Blackbird Pond?

is a childrens novel
written by . It was published in 1958 but is set in late 17th-century New England.

The Reverend Gersholm Bulkeley was a real-life 17th-century figure who was born in
Cambridge, Massachusetts in 1635. He was a physician as well as a Christian minister. He was
also a graduate of Harvard University, receiving his bachelor's degree in 1655 and his master's
degree in 1658.

Reverend Bulkeley appears in The Witch of Blackbird
Pond as the tutor of John Holbrook. He specializes in both medicine and theology.
Bulkeley was a royalist, unlike most of the other major characters in the story. But, political
views are put aside when his medical skills are used to help those in need. Despite being
described by Matthew Wood as a hypocrite and a whited sepulcher!, he still helps to save the
life of Matthews daughter, Mercy.

In Much Ado About Nothing, what thematic and stylistic literary devices are used in act 1, scene 1, lines 29-55? How could one approach a commentary on...

As
's comedy begins, a messenger arrives with a letter for Leonato, the
governor of Messina, informing Leonato that Don Pedro, Prince of Arragon, has been victorious
over his illegitimate brother, Don John, and is coming to Messina. Don Pedro is being
accompanied to Messina by a courageous young soldier, Claudio, a Florentine count who has
metaphorically performed "the feats of a lion" in battle. Also present in the scene
are Leonato's daughter, Hero, and Hero's cousin and best friend, Beatrice.

Beatrice asks if a certain "Signior Mountanto" has returned with Leonato. The
messenger says that he doesn't know anyone by that name. Hero says that Beatrice refers to
Benedick, a lord from Padua. The fact that Hero knows to whom Beatrice is referring derogatorily
as "Signior Mountanto" indicates to the audience that Hero must have some knowledge of
Beatrice and Benedick's prior relationship.

"Mountanto" is a
fencing term which Beatrice uses here to belittle Benedick's skills in battle. She also rates
him as a rank beginner in archery ("at the birdbolt") and asks the messenger how many
men Benedick has killed, because she "promised to eat all of his killing" (1.1.37) The
messenger tries to speak on Benedick's behalf, but Beatrice continues mocking him.

MESSENGER: He hath done good service, lady, in these wars.

BEATRICE: You had musty victual, and he hath holp to eat it.
He is a very
valiant trencherman; he hath an excellent
stomach. ...

MESSENGER: A
lord to a lord, a man to a man; stuffed with all
honourable virtues.

BEATRICE: It is so indeed. He is no less than a stuffed man; but
for the
stuffingwell, we are all mortal. (1.1.40-49)

Apparently,
Beatrice is well-acquainted with Benedickthere's some history between them, and Beatrice has
already started a deadly earnest battle of wits with Benedick before he even appears in the
play.

Leonato provides some background information for the audience about the
relationship between Beatrice and Benedick.

LEONATO: ...
There is
a kind of merry war betwixt Signior Benedick and her.
They never meet
but there's a skirmish of wit between
them. (1.1.50-53)

Beatrice is relentless and merciless in her mocking of Benedick.

BEATRICE: Alas! He gets nothing by that. In our last
conflict
four of his five wits went halting off, and now is the
whole man
governed with one. ...

Who
is his companion now? He hath every month
a new
sworn brother. ...

He wears his faith but as
the
fashion of his hat; it ever changes with the next block.

MESSENGER. I see, lady, the gentleman is not in your books.

BEATRICE: No, and if he were, I would burn my study. (1.1.54-56, 59-61,
63-66)

Beatrice is clearly a woman who has strong
opinions and is not afraid to speaks her mind, even in the presence of the governor of Messina.
She's witty, cynical, and has no patience whatsoever for anything she perceives as
pretenseespecially in Benedick.

In the first fifty lines of the play,
Shakespeare introduces the audience to Leonato, Beatrice, and Hero, and to Claudio and Benedick,
who have yet to appear in the play. He also establishes a conflict between Beatrice and Benedick
that will continue through the rest of the play.

What kind of love is Burns expressing in "A Red, Red Rose"?

Burns is
expressing romantic love in "." As the poem's title indicates, he is at the height of
being head-over-heels in love. The red, red rose is afor his feeling of his love being in the
fullest possible bloom. It is at its peak, just as a rose is in the month of June.

Burns captures how love feels when one is most intensely and passionately in love. Not
only is it like the most beautiful red rose, it is like a sweet melody. Further, when one is
deeply in love, one feels as the speaker does, that the love will last even to point that the
seas go dry or the rocks melt in the sun. It seems incomprehensible that such a powerful emotion
could ever fade.

While the lover is saying a temporary farewell to the
beloved, he looks forward to seeing her again. He is convinced he will do so, for he would
travel 10,000 miles to find her.

However, there is an underlying fragility in
the bloom of the red, red rose: it can only fade, which adds an undertone of poignance to the
poem. Will the lover's passion ever be at this peak again?

What is a good comparison/contrast of Lady MacBeth with Lady MacDuff in Macbeth?

In addition to
the similarities mentioned in the previous answers, I would also say that Ladyand Lady 's
similarity lies in the fact that they are both left by their husbands. On the one hand, Ladyis
not physically left by Macbeth; however, her husband is consumed by the ambition to protect his
position and begins to ignore his wife.feels abandoned and is left alone to struggle with the
enormous amount of guilt that eventually leads to her descent into madness and death. On the
other hand,is left by her husband when he leaves Scotland in order to seek 's help to overthrow
Macbeth, so she remains unprotected and powerless with no one to help her and her
children.

As for their differences, Lady Macbeth is a cruel, calculating
woman who manipulates her husband into following through with his plan to kill , while Lady
Macduff is a loving mother who is goodhearted and unlike anything that Lady Macbeth is
characterized by. The two of them are total opposites. Nevertheless, the deaths of both are seen
as moments of profound .

How did contact with Europeans affect West Africa socially, politically, and economically? I know about how the slave trade did it, but I want...

Contact with the
Europeans did affect West African societies in other ways. The European traders brought new
diseases to West Africa, for example. Smallpox and tuberculosis had a devastating impact on the
populations of West Africa. Similarly, the European traders were so afraid of African disease
that they did not venture far beyond the West African coast, thereby limiting the geographical
remit of slave trading.

Depopulation was not only caused by the arrival of
new diseases. As the reference link notes, two-thirds of the people captured and sold into
slavery were male. The loss of so many young males would have had wider consequences on the
African economy and society.

In addition, the economic character of many
West African coastal towns and villages changed. Where they had once between centers of fishing
and the production of salt, the growth of slavery transformed these towns and villages into
centers of slave trading. They became bustling ports and harbors in response to the...

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What critical questions can one ask, for example when watching a Hollywood movie, to best determine if Orientalism is present?

One
obvious question that one could ask would be, "how are non-Western peoples portrayed in the
film?" The concept of, as identified by Edward Said, is that of "a binary distinction
between €˜the (allegedly inferior) Orient and €˜the (allegedly superior) Occident."
Sometimes this might be explicit, but usually it might consist of the portrayal of
non-Western...

Why is Samson so important in The Bronze Bow?

Samson,
the apparently deaf-mute slave who Rosh steals from a passing caravan, is important to the
action andin . He plays an important role in the action because when Daniel
stages a risky effort to free Joel from the Romans, Samson jumps in to help without Daniel's
knowledge. If it had not been for Samson's intervention, Daniel would probably have been killed
in the fight and Joel would not have been freed and in fact might have suffered a worse fate
than what he already faced. 

As far as characterization, Samson parallels
both the character of Daniel and the character of Jesus. As such, he is not exactly a foil, but
something like a foil. A foil is a character who makes the qualities of a main character stand
out more clearly because of the way he contrasts with the character. In the case of how Samson
enhances the characterization of Daniel and Jesus, however, it is his similarities rather
than...

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What is the function of the play within a play in A Midsummer Night's Dream?

The
Mechanicals performance of Pyramus and Thisbe in s comedy A Midsummer Nights
Dream serves two primary functions.

The first function of the play
within a play is comedic. Bottom is one of the most loved characters in the play for good
reason! Watching the bumbling artisans, who believe themselves to be talented actors, trying to
string together a coherent performance for the royal wedding is riotously funny. The hyperbolic
power struggle between Bottom and Peter Quince leads to increasingly ridiculous suggestions from
the amateur cast members. For example, look at this exchange from Act I, as Bottom attempts to
persuade his friends that he can play all the characters of Pyramus and Thisbe simultaneously,
including a lion.

BOTTOM
Let me play the lion
too: I will roar, that I will
do any man's heart good to hear me; I will
roar,
that I will make the duke say 'Let him roar again,
let him roar
again.

QUINCE
An you should do it too terribly, you would
fright
the duchess...

What is the aim of the Party with regard to male-female relationships and sex? What is the Partys policy on marriage, divorce, and children?

In
, it is forbidden to love anyone but the Party. Family relationships,
including those between husband and wife, ought to be secondary to personal allegiance to Big
Brother. It is highly encouraged, for instance, to make oneself a first line of defense for
thought...

What was Jacksonian Democracy? How did it differ from Jeffersonian Democracy?

Jacksonian
Democracy refers to the social and political ideas that shaped the period encompassing Andrew
Jackson's presidency (1829-1837).  Jacksonian Democracy reflects an attempt to approach as
closely as possible the literal meaning of the famous phrase "of the people, by the people,
and for the people."  The central focus of Jacksonian Democracy was the idea that the
people should have greater power in government.  In addition, the measures undertaken to elevate
the common man's influence also served to create a greater sense of equality:  equality
of opportunity.  

Before this period, not all white men could vote,
much less the other sections of the population. In Jacksonian Democracy, the landholding
requirement for voting rights was lifted.  White men did not have to own land to enjoy the right
to vote.  Doing this granted the common person the same opportunity to influence government
policy as more affluent members of society.  In addition, requirements for...

How does Bruno change throughout The Boy in the Striped Pajamas?

At the
beginning of the story, Bruno is depicted as a naive, self-centered child, who is upset that his
family is moving from Berlin to "Out-With" (Auschwitz). Bruno's concerns are selfish,
and he constantly complains about losing his friends and living in a cold, unfamiliar home.
Initially, Bruno hates Out-With and is confused by his surroundings.

Bruno is
too young and naive to realize that his new home is located nearby the concentration camp where
thousands of Jews are worked to death and murdered on a daily basis. As the story progresses,
Bruno eventually meets a Jewish boy named Shmuel who lives on the other side of the massive
fence. Bruno and Shmuel get along, and he begins visiting his new friend regularly.

As Bruno and Shmuel's friendship develops, Bruno begins to mature and no longer misses
his old home in Berlin. Bruno forgets about his old friends and demonstrates compassion by
continually bringing Shmuel portions of food. Bruno's ultimate act of selflessness takes place
toward the end of the story when he agrees to help find Shmuel's father on the opposite side of
the fence. Bruno puts on a prison uniform and sneaks underneath the fence. Bruno then searches
in vain throughout the concentration camp for Shmuel's missing father. Tragically, Bruno and
Shmuel are herded into a gas chamber and die alongside Jewish prisoners.

Overall, Bruno changes into a selfless, content adolescent, who thinks outside himself
and adapts to his new environment. Bruno demonstrates his maturation and moral development by
accepting his new life and selflessly helping his close friend Shmuel.

What happens to Ruth at the end of Chains?

Unfortunately, readers are not given this
information. Earlier, readers and Isabel assumed that Madam Lockton sold Ruth and that the
likelihood of Isabel finding her is very unlikely. Then in chapter 43, Isabel bravely defies
Madam Lockton's demand to hand over a note. Isabel throws the note into the fire, and Madam
Lockton is so angered that she threatens to sell Isabel and Ruth. Isabel
and readers are caught by surprise because we learn that Madam Lockton didn't sell
Ruth.

"Couldn't find a buyer. Had to ship her down to
Charleston. I shall tell the estate manager to get rid of her, toss her in the
swamp."

It was a lie to intentionally upset Isabel.
Madam Lockton couldn't find anybody that wanted to buy Ruth presumably because of her mental
disorder. This information propels Isabel into escaping the Lockton household by forging her
freedom papers and escaping New York. The book ends by giving readers the impression that Isabel
will seek out and find Ruth. Book two in the series is focused on Curzon. He and Isabel did not
go together to find Ruth, and readers will have to continue on to book three in the series for
further information about what happened to Ruth after Madam Lockton sent her
away.

Please describe the characters of Beatrice, Giovanni and Rappaccini in Rapaccini's Daughter.

In
,has created very complex characters in what is a study in motive along
with a study in good and evil, as well as in science and nature. Giovanni is the young ;
Beatrice the beautiful heroine; Rappaccini the exalted but delusional and deranged
.

Giovanni is seeking greater truth but cannot prevent himself from becoming
obsessed with an alluring beauty who appears to be the opposite of the lasting truth of
knowledge because time and nature continually change and degrade beauty. Along with being
obsessed by strange versions of familiar beauty, he also has a bit of a gullible nature that is
easily influenced. As a result, he doesn't know "his own mind." These weaknesses in
him, especially the weakness of not knowing his own mind, become the catalysts by which he is
corrupted and by which evil actions assert themselves as he unintentionally takes a life that is
beauty enmeshed in an evil shroud.

Beatrice, the embodiment of this beauty
enmeshed in an evil shroud, is all goodness and, without the poisons that reared her, might be
prey to the manipulating, harming forces in the world that like to prey upon the beauty, charm,
innocence and openness of vulnerable women. Her father, the scientist Rappaccini, has sought to
make her a bastion of strength against the dangers of life that may bring harm to defenseless
women.   

Rappaccini is a credible holder of a doctoral degree and a well
respected scientist who has taken a strange and unnatural turn in his scientific work. He
devotes himself to creating and growing beautiful flowers that are the possessors or strong
poisons. To do his work, he enlisted the help of Beatrice by raising her on the same poisons
that created and raised the flowers. He created her to be their
caretaker.

Hawthorne explores the ideas of what motives propel each character
in addition to discussing the definition of good and evil along with the question of
compatibility between Nature and science. Hawthorne underscores his discussions when Giovanni,
the good young student with human weakness, becomes the slayer of the evil and poison-wrapped
Beatrice who, while living, was ironically the embodiment of goodness. Giovanni and Rappaccini
become more alike than they are different with the help of the jealous and envious services of
the good professor from whom Giovanni seeks aid and comfort.

In Howard Zinn's A People's History of the United States, what does Zinn see as FDR's role in events?

Zinn
essentially accepts the familiar narrative that Franklin Roosevelt was the architect of the New
Deal, and he stresses the president's role in preserving capitalism by "stabilizing the
system." Zinn does not deny that the New Deal made major reforms, far beyond anything the
federal government contemplated doing before. However, he stresses that the New Deal did very
little (by design) to fix the structures that led to the Great Depression in the first
place:

When the New Deal was over, capitalism remained
intact. The rich still controlled the nation's wealth, as well as its laws, courts, police,
newspapers, churches, colleges. Enough help had been given to enough people to make Roosevelt a
hero to millions, but the same system that had brought depression and crisis . . .
remained.

Zinn's argument is that this was...

Explain the significance of "two and two make five" using specific and detailed references to the text (1984 by George Orwell).

In
,has embodied all his fears about the destructive effects of a totalitarian
regime. In this novel, the Party writes and rewrites history (including the very existence of
its friends and enemies), and the face of the Party is Big Brother. In this worldhas created,
truth is relative, and Big Brother maintains power by controlling the minds of the people (a
term I use loosely here).

The national slogan of Oceana sets the tone for the
kind of deception and double-dealing (known as "double-speak) Big Brother does with
language: 

War is Peace

Freedom is
Slavery

Ignorance is Strength

Obviously, in the world of Big Brother, truth is relative; more importantly, the
ability to make people accept a lie as truth is the mark of true control. Early in the
novel,asserts this truth: Freedom is the freedom to say that two plus two make four. If that
is granted, all else follows. 

Winston already knows that Big Brother is
powerful enough to control the past and the future (physical realities), but he had hoped that
it would not be able to exert the same kind of control over the mind--until he reads
this:

In the end the Party would announce that two and two
made five, and you would have to believe it. It was inevitable that they should make that claim
sooner or later: the logic of their position demanded it. Not merely the validity of experience,
but the very existence of external reality was tacitly denied by their philosophy.

Winston does not conform like the others, and he is constantly
exploring the relationship between the mind and reality. If reality exists only in the mind and
the Party controls the mind, there is no hope at all, for then the Party controls
everything.

Winston thinks, For, after all, how do we
know that two and two make four? Or that the force of gravity works? Or that the past is
unchangeable? If both the past and the external world exist only in the mind, and if the mind
itself is controllablewhat then?

When Winston is finally
caught and taken to the Ministry of Love, he is tortured until he finally screams that 2 + 2 = 5
and the Party deems him fit to be released back into society. In the last chapter of the novel,
Winston is sitting at a table in the bar where he used to play chess. He writes the faulty
equation in the dust on the table and drops the white knight onto the board in a kind of
defeat. 

If the Party can control the mind, it can control reality. This
slogan (and the true equation, 2 + 2 = 4) is representative of the Party's ability to control
the mind. it is a motif that begins early in the novel and is seen consistently until the
end. 

What is feminism?

Feminism
is a movement that argues for women's rights and full gender equality across all aspects of
culture, politics, economics, and even daily life. It began to gain traction in the nineteenth
century over such issues as divorce, married women's property rights, women's education, and
women's right to vote. In literary circles, it was expressed as a demand for women to be
taken...

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What do you understand by the term "stream of consciousness" with reference to A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man by James Joyce?

Stream of
consciousness is a style of writing that strives to mimic the actual flow of real human thought.
Often, stream of consciousness narratives are messy, lack a logical structure, and/ or flout the
basic rules of grammar, all because human thought generally does not abide by regular writing
rules and conventions. Though stream of consciousness has been used in many different periods
and is still popular today, the technique was especially popular among Modernist authors,
including Virginia Woolf and .

In , Joyce uses a stream
of consciousness narrative very effectively. Throughout the novel, the sophistication of the
prose improves as the , Stephen Dedalus, grows up and matures. Thus, the beginning of the
narrative is written to mirror the simplistic consciousness of a very small child, while the end
of the novel displays the complex thoughts of a highly educated young man. Joyce therefore uses
stream of consciousness because his prose changes style to mirror the different, evolving
consciousnesses of a growing person. Accordingly, it's hardly surprising that the novel is known
for being difficult to read, although it's not quite as challenging as Joyce's next
novel, , which also employs a masterful stream of consciousness
narrative. 

How did the policies of President Andrew Jackson affect life in Mississippi?

President
Andrew Jacksons policies affected the lives of people throughout the country, including those
people living in Mississippi. When President Jackson supported the enforcement of the high
protective tariff of 1828, the people in Mississippi were affected. The main job of most people
in Mississippi was farming. A large amount of cotton was being grown. The high protective
tariff, while good for the northern states, was harmful to southern states like Mississippi. The
people in Mississippi would now pay more to buy American products than they would have had to
pay if they could have bought European products without the protective tariff being placed on
them.

The Indian Removal Act affected the Native Americans living in
Mississippi. This law forced many Native American tribes that were living east of the
Mississippi River to move to the lands west of the Mississippi River. The Chickasaw tribe was
one tribe in Mississippi that was affected by this law.

The people of
Mississippi were affected by Presidents Jackson desire to get rid of the national bank. When
President Jackson refused to extend the banks charter, he placed the governments money into
state banks. It was easier to get loans from state banks. When Jackson issued the Specie
Circular to slow investment in western lands using government funds, the led to a major economic
crisis in 1837, once the Specie Circular went into effect. The people of Mississippi were
affected by the economic downturn. Many plantation owners suffered tremendously because of this
crisis. Some lost their plantations.

Andrew Jacksons policies affected the
entire country, including the people in Mississippi.

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How important is the setting of "The Lovely Bones," and what specifically does it influence?

In this novel,
the setting, the time and place of the events, is very important, and this setting is one of the
most unusual I've seen. Most of the events happen on earth, but Susie tells what is happening
from heaven. There are a few scenes that occur in heaven, but they expand the story rather than
propel the plot forward. The events that occur on earth move the plot forward.

As far as the time of the novel, we immediately know it takes place in the 1970s
because we are given the specific date of December 6, 1973. In telling the story,...

What might the story "Battle Royal" say allegorically to the reader?

The fact
that a young black high school graduate is treated in a way that deceives and humiliates him is
anfor how he will be treated throughout life because he is black.

When the
narrator gives a graduation speech in which he states that humility is the essence of progress,
the whites in town are very pleased and invite him to give the talk to the town's leading white
citizens. But first he has to participate in a "battle royale" boxing match that other
black youths are a part of.

The black teens have to take the servants'
elevator to the ballroom. There, they face a blond white woman doing a naked dance, just the
kind of situation to make a black male teenager extremely frightened, since even looking at
white woman could lead to a lynching. Afterwards, they are blindfolded and forced to fight,
while the important white men of the town look on, enjoying the "anarchy" and pain the
young men endure. The young men are supposed to be paid but are first forced to grab money from
an electrified carpet while the whites laugh at them for "dancing" from the shocks. To
top it all off, the narrator later realizes that the "gold" coins he thinks he has
gathered are brass tokens.

All of this is an allegory for the pain,
humiliation, and treachery black people suffer from whites in a society when there is no level
playing field. The white people are clearly in charge and can laugh at, taunt, and order the
black people around with no fear of reprisal. What we see in this story is an allegory of the
injustice of the larger society.

What are the soothsayers in Dante's Inferno?

The
soothsayers are people who could foresee the future and who provided information to others based
on what they saw.The classical soothsayer Tiresias from the Oedipus cycle is one example, and
Michael Scot, the medieval polymath. There is a distinction between charlatans who only claim to
know the future and those who are indeed gifted with foresight.In the medieval period, not all
foretelling or prophetic gifts would have seemed illicit.

In Dante's
Inferno, the soothsayers occupy the 20th , among other sins involving
fraud. Dante presents fraud as more dangerous to human society and more dangerous to the
sinner's soul, compared to sins of appetite or desire and sins of violence. Fraud plays upon
others' minds and on their trust of others. When this trust is violated, so too is their
capacity to love other people in the way that God expects.

The other reason
that Dante suggests soothsayers are more serious sinners is because they seek to deprive the
human of his or her choice.Choice, says Virgil early in the journey, is the "good of the
intellect," and the poem is designed to illustrate the need to choose rightly, and to
reject false appearances. To damage a person's ability to make an authentic choice--by leading
them to believe that a future event is already a foregone conclusion--tampers with their choice
and therefore their authentic self. They may fail to strive to become the person they should be
if they believe the striving has no effect on their eventual outcome.

Why, after 1850, was another "compromise" between the North and South no longer possible?

There are two
major reasons for this.

After 1857, compromise was no longer possible because
the Supreme Court had forbidden it.  The ruling in the Dred Scottcase had said that Congress had
no right to legislate on the issue of slavery in the territories.  This meant no further
compromises like the Missouri Compromise and the Compromise of 1850 (both on the issue of
slavery in the territories) could be made.

The other major reason is that the
North and South were coming to distrust one another more and more by this time.  The Fugitive
Slave Act in the Compromise of 1850 had deepened this distrust.  As the 1850s went on, events
made the distrust even worse.  The most important of these events was the conflict in
"Bleeding Kansas."  This event and others made it so that there was little desire to
compromise even in the time before 1857 when it was still legally
possible.

What does the Spelling Bee do with the words he says?

In the
fantasy novel , by, the main character is a boy named Milo who believes
that life is boring and learning is pointless. One day, a tollbooth appears in his room. Having
nothing better to do, Milo hops into the car that comes with the tollbooth and travels through
the tollbooth to the Lands Beyond, where he meets a variety of humorous characters...

In chapter 15 what has happened to Schmuel when Bruno doesn't defend Schmuel, and Lt. Kotler takes Schmuel away again?

Bruno felt
terrible about denying their friendship. 

"He had
never felt so ashamed in his life; he had never imagined that he could behave so cruelly. He
wondered how a boy who thought he was a good person really could act in such a cowardly way
towards a friend." (pg 174)

Because he felt so bad
about it, it really hurt when he didn't see Schmuel for almost a week.  Bruno was
convinced...

Do you have any notes or answers on the characters, relationships, and themes in Clint Eastwood's film Unforgiven?

Thematically, I think you should explore the
relationships that exist between violence and death. While Unforgiven isn't
a violent movie in the way that movies like The Avengers and The
Matrix are (with long action packed set pieces), it is a violent movie in that the
violence that is shown is visceral, brutal, and ethically complicated. The violence shown in
many movies is remorseless and consequenceless; however, the heroic characters in
Unforgiven wrestle with their previous deeds and wrestle with the violence
that they know they are going to have to use. Violence in this movie is not fun and exciting,
and that is an important thematic message.

Another thematic angle to consider
is how the film explores a person's past and transformation. William Munny repeatedly states
that he "ain't like that no more." He recognizes what he used to be and what he is
trying to become. He also knows that in order to help, he has to once again become the violent
man he has transformed away from.

How is catharsis used in Oedipus Rex?

An ancient Greek
audience, coming to the theater, would already be familiar with the fate of , the king doomed to
kill his father and marry and his mother.  Thus, the playwright's skill had less to do with
constructing unexpected plot twists or a surprising ending, for example, and more to do with
telling the story well.  One way to achieve this was through the use of dramatic: when the
audience knows...

How would a conservative reply to a call for more restorative justice? How would a restorative justice advocate respond to a conservative call for...

A
conservative would respond that prison terms and punishments such as the death penalty should
serve as a deterrent to committing crimes. If one knows that one will either forfeit one's life
or spend a lengthy time behind bars, one would be less likely to commit the crime. Conservatives
could also argue that removing the person from society for a long period of time or indefinitely
makes it less likely that the person will commit a further offense against the public.
Conservatives argue that murderers and sexual predators are hard to rehabilitate and should be
isolated from the rest of society in order to protect society.

Restorative
justice calls for more restoration instead of retribution. Restorative justice focuses on
changing behaviors that led to the conviction. Restorative justice claims that long-term
incarceration harms both the victim and the offender as well as the families attached to these
two groups.

For non-violent offenders, restorative justice attempts to get
these people involved through community service in order to change behaviors and thought
processes. Restorative justice advocates can point out that people reintegrated into society are
less likely to re-offend. This can lead to less crime and a smaller prison population, thus
ultimately saving the taxpayer money.

Restorative justice advocates can also
use prison population and recidivism rates to claim that the conservative approach does not work
and that there is a need to provide a means for the incarcerated to reenter
society.

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Explain what Poe means in the following phrase, "Have we not a perpetual inclination, in the teeth of our best judgment, to violate that which is Law,...

What a beautiful
and terrible line that is!

To move more directly to your question, in this
quotation Poe is addressing the way that humans rebel against thing. You might think of Adam and
Eve in the Garden of Eden. They did the one thing that they were forbidden to do, and that's
what created human life as we know it.

Since the narrator in this story first
blinds a cat, then becomes an alcoholic, then kills his wife, this statement works to justify
and cleanse his actions. Instead of being horrific, these actions are explained as being the
essence of humanity. At the same time, they create . Do we accept this statement, which would
indicate the narrator did these things on purpose, or do we accept the statements in the moment,
which say he did them by accident?

How does religion promote social change?

Religions
promote social change by guiding their followers to share or "live" their views. By
encouraging the outward expression of religious views, the views become a vehicle for social
change. The acceptance or rejection of the social changes are often tied to personal belief as
well. Many examples of religion causing social change can be found throughout the world and
throughout history. 

In the Middle Ages in Europe, churches did not just
direct social change, but directed society as a whole. When King Henry VIII paved the way for
the Church of England to be the new official religion of England instead of Catholicism, it
completely changed how divorce was viewed in society. Before, divorce was rarely heard of, but
now, it is fairly commonplace and the change can be traced to that point in history.

Why most people tend to think of social change as a positive force, it is not always.
What is occurring in the middle east, specifically the formation of ISIS and their occupation,
is also social change. Based on an extreme version of Islam, the leaders of ISIS have lessened
the freedoms of women, restricted the movements of all citizens and promoted violence in their
society in their efforts to spread and live what they believe. The destruction of several
historic sites in the area has been connected to a belief about idolatry taken to an
extreme.

America is home to an interesting case of the same religion
promoting and fighting the same social changes. According to the Central Intelligence Agency
(CIA), the majority of Americans are Christian. Christian beliefs have been used both for and
against social changes such as marriage equality, welfare and abortion rights. In each case,
scriptures are quoted and traditions looked to as absolute truths that must be followed to avoid
condemnation or judgement.

Many religions promote social action, and in doing
so create and promote social change. The beliefs and calls to action inherent in these faiths
are a recipe for social change whether it be in a positive direction, negative direction or
anywhere in between.

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What are some quotes that prove that Friar Lawrence is the most to blame for Romeo and Juliet's death?

Consider this exchange in act 2, scene 3:

: I pray thee, chide not. Her I love now

Doth grace for grace and love for love allow.

The other did not
so.

: Oh, she knew
well

Thy love did read by rote, that could not spell.

But come, young waverer,
come, go with me,

In one respect Ill thy assistant be,

For
this alliance may so happy prove

To turn your households rancor to pure
love

Friar Lawrence, the trusted adult in this conversation, has
just spent quite a few lines questioning Romeo's motives in marryingwhen the good friar himself
has noted Romeo's pining and tears over Rosaline in recent days. Does it make sense, then, to
leap to marriage immediately after meeting Juliet? No, and Friar Lawrence could have given Romeo
counsel here. He could have encouraged Romeo to slow down and not rush to emotional action. Even
more compelling is the friar's reasoning for agreeing to this marriage: To turn the Capulet and
Montague feud into love. He is, therefore, treating

What is Rousseaus view of humans in civil society as slaves? Does this view, as argumentative and controversial as it might be, provide any...

In
Discourse on the Origins of Inequality, Rousseau understands most people in
society to be slaves of the few, the few being those who own the bulk of the property. This, he
contends, creates inequality based on arbitrary rankings of people, which Rousseau argues does
not exist in the state of nature. In nature, the only inequality is that of physical
strength.

Once property came into being, the slaves resented the masters.
Therefore, the masters created government in order to foster a sense of social unity, saying
that they would protect the rights and property of the poor in exchange for the power to run
society. However, since the poor, by definition, had very little wealth with which to ensure
they were actually protected, the masters continued to...

Discuss Chaucer as a modern poet. Bassed on Chaucer's two poems called The Canterbury Tales and "The Nun's Priest's Tale."

Well, for
starters, Chaucer is not a Modern Poet. Modernism began in the late 19th century and lasted up
until about World War I, but those dates vary. However, Im always one for using techniques,
theories and criticism of one period to analyze texts of another. In fact, it would be in the
spirit of Modernism, and even more in Postmodernism, to revisit older texts with these newer
historical perspectives.

So, we are either looking at Chaucers work through
Modernist lenses (as pretentious as that sounds) or we could just pretend that Chaucer is alive
and writing today or during the Modernism period, so lets just do that. What does he do that is
characteristically Modern or €˜modern in the more general sense of our present time,
2011?

First thing he does that is characteristically modern is having
multiple narrators. His work would probably be created to someone like William Faulkner who
redefined narrative with his use of multiple narrators. You could also note his cultural
diversity in presenting different speech patterns according to different social classes (the
Knight is more eloquent than the Pardoner). Maybe you could go so far to say that Chaucer was
making an allegorical comment on social classes and come to the conclusion that Chaucer
employing a Marxist analysis of a Feudal system in 14th century England; and this wandering and
storytelling was an alternative to facing the lack of possible upward mobility. Ok, so this may
be a stretch, but thats the point.

The theme of Christianity is prevalent and
you could compare that to a resurgence of fundamental Christians in the political right in
America and the emergence of religious fundamentalism in other parts and other religions of the
world. If you go this route, (still pretending that Chaucer is writing today), maybe Chaucer is
mocking them in a ; or maybe hes promoting them. But satire is more fun.

In
the Nuns Priests Tale, he uses animals to tell the story. There is nothing essentially Modern or
Ancient about this. So, what Modern works do this? Disney movies? Cartoons? Adult
Swim?

Pretending aside, Chaucer is still being read and discussed. This makes
him, by definition, a Modern poet because he is still relevant. If he wasnt relevant he wouldnt
be read or discussed. Living in the modern world, todays readers cant help but read him with a
Modernist bias. In other words, it is difficult (maybe impossible) to read Chaucer as a 14th
century Englander. You cant help but put your own spin on any historical text you read. This is
the premise of New Historicism. The goal is to separate the Modern conceptions of Chaucers work
and what his work meant in its own context, in its own time.

What causes the collapse of Ruth's parents' relationship in The Color of Water?Just as Ruth's relationship with Dennis is flourishing, she discovers...

Ruth's
parents' relationship is collapsing because her father is having an affair.

Ruth is living with Dennis when her father tells her that her mother is sick and they
need help with the store.  Although she does not want to, Ruth returns to Suffolk for what she
believes is just a few weeks to help her mother.  Unfortunately, when she arrives home, she
discovers that things are worse than she had thought.

Ruth's mother
is

"a good Jewish wife who (keeps) true to her
religious faith, and she let(s) a lot roll off her back...because her husband (isn't) worth a
dime and she (has) no choice.  The way Tateh treat(s) her, they'd call her an 'abused woman'
today.  Back then...a man could do anything he wanted to his wife in the South.  He can yell at
her, make fun of her, curse her, slap her.  He can even go out with another woman right in front
of her face".

Ruth's father does indeed have another
woman,

"a big fat white lady...as big as (the) living
room.  She live(s) not far from us up the road.  Her husband (is) serving time in the county
jail...for being drunk or some petty crime like that...she (has) four or five kids.  Tateh would
talk to her in the store and try to act like it (is) casual; then on Friday nights (he) would go
out...pack a bag of groceries and throw them in his car while Mameh watched
him". 

He would not return until Monday.

Ruth's father's affair becomes "full-blown" very quickly".  He soon
demands a divorce, but Ruth's mother refuses, as she has nobody else to look after her. 
Eventually, Ruth's father goes to Reno, Nevada and gets a "quickie divorce" despite
his wife's objections (Chapter 19).